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M.B. Hardy: Enforce current laws for protesting

Regarding the March 6 news article “ ‘Economic terrorism’ bill targets protesters with tougher penalties”: “Economic terrorism”? How about “legislative terrorism” from a GOP too dumb to understand how to protect First Amendment rights? Guilt by association isn’t the way. Instead, enforce the laws we already have.

M.B. Hardy

Raleigh

This story was originally published March 11, 2017 at 6:00 PM with the headline "M.B. Hardy: Enforce current laws for protesting."

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