Lege Trend. Criminalize Pipeline Protests.

The state: North Dakota

The legislative tactics to reign in protests:

  • Make it a crime for adults to wear masks at protests
  • Limit liability of a driver who unintentionally injuress or kills a pedestrian obstructing traffic on a public road or highway. 
  • Require the state’s attorney general to sue the federal government  to recover law enforcmeent costs occured from the pipeline protests

NBC News | Pipeline Protesters Decry North Dakota Bills That ‘Criminalize’ Protests