Minnesota lawmaker wants protesters to pay for police time
 

Minnesota lawmaker wants protesters to pay for police time
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A Minnesota lawmaker this week proposed a bill that would force protesters convicted of unlawful assembly or disturbing the peace to pay for police costs.

Republican State Rep.*Nick Zerwas said it's unfair for taxpayers to pay the cost of deploying police to monitor protests.

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Zerwas doesn't believe his bill would discourage lawful protests.

"There's a line between saying 'I'm advocating for this' to saying 'I'm shutting down this freeway,'" Zerwas told local TV station KARE. "Those are **t the same thing."

The proposal comes months after Black Lives Matter protesters held protests throughout Minneapolis following the death of a 24-year-old black man named Jamar Clark, who was fatally shot by police.* Read more...


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