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Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines<p><strong>Tuesday, August 12, 2025</strong></p> <p>Russian forces pierce Ukrainian defense in Donetsk Oblast, bypassing fortifications — Ukrainian drones strike Russian missile component plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — Russia’s Saratov oil refinery halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike — What were so many deaths for? Ukrainians react to Trump-Putin ‘peace plan’ ahead of Alaska summit … and more</p> <p><a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/tuesday-august-12-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025</span><span class="invisible">/08/tuesday-august-12-2025/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Another <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Goosestep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goosestep</span></a> toward full-on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> !</p><p>This Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a>' </p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHateAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopHateAct</span></a> wants social media platforms to report their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> policies and outcomes to the government. And it’s not the only <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorial</span></a> measure Rep. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoshGottheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoshGottheimer</span></a> wants.</p><p>Matthew Petti | 7.24.2025 5:25 PM</p><p>"The idea that the federal government even talked to social media platforms about their moderation was a major scandal. After the Twitter Files leak revealed that the Biden administration was privately leaning on one platform to suppress "misinformation," the courts blocked officials from communicating with social media companies for several months on free speech grounds.</p><p>"A bipartisan bill, however, would make it mandatory for social media companies to work with the federal government. The Stopping Terrorists Online Presence and Holding Accountable Tech Entities (STOP HATE) Act would require companies to provide triennial reports on their moderation policies—and violations they catch—to the U.S. attorney general.</p><p>"The bill requires companies to issue specific policies for groups the federal government designates as terrorists and the director of national intelligence to also begin reporting on terrorist usage of social media. Companies would be fined $5 million per day that they fail to comply.</p><p>"Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D–N.J.) and Don Bacon (R–Neb.) had first proposed the bill in November 2023. It died in committee at the time. Gottheimer and Bacon announced that they would be reintroducing the bill at a press conference on Wednesday alongside Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.</p><p>" 'There is no reason why anyone, especially terrorists or anyone online, should access social media platforms to promote radical, hate-filled violence,' Gottheimer said at the press conference. He cited supportive social media comments about the May 2025 murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, and the AI platform Grok's sudden decision to declare itself 'MechaHitler' earlier this month.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>, the company that runs <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a>, is already known to have a list of 'dangerous individuals and organizations' banned from the platform. When the list was leaked to The Intercept in 2021, it included around 1,000 entries taken straight from the U.S. government's foreign terrorist list, as well as various foreign and domestic entries sourced to private think tanks."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://reason.com/2025/07/24/this-bill-would-fine-social-media-companies-5-million-every-day-for-not-fighting-terrorism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reason.com/2025/07/24/this-bil</span><span class="invisible">l-would-fine-social-media-companies-5-million-every-day-for-not-fighting-terrorism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingCritics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingCritics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Decentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralize</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DecentralizeSocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecentralizeSocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VictoriaAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaAustralia</span></a>’s draconian new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtest</span></a> laws will have a chilling effect on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> — and won’t keep anyone safe</p><p>Far-reaching anti-protest measures and giving police more repressive powers only serve to increase the risk of escalating violence.</p><p>by Sarah Schwartz, Jul 9, 2025</p><p>"In response to the weekend’s attack on the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced she will forge ahead with new anti-protest measures and more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> powers.</p><p>"In doing so, she is following what has become the new normal for state governments across the country: using acts of racism and violence as a pretext to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClampDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClampDown</span></a> on unrelated democratic rights.</p><p>"Taking to the streets in peaceful protest is one of the main ways for people to come together and express our political views when our representatives aren’t listening to us. But this right is not without limits. Every person has a right to worship in safety. The attack on East Melbourne Synagogue was not a protest; it was an act of antisemitism. The suspect has been apprehended and charged with a multitude of criminal offences.</p><p>"Two other incidents over the weekend, the targeting of a business with ties to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a US-backed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> organisation linked to the massacres of unarmed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> seeking aid — and a weapons company with links to the Israeli military, are also being referred to as justifying new laws. It is important not to conflate these actions against Israel with an attack against a Jewish place of worship. International human rights law, as well as our current laws, already place limits on protests that involve intimidation and violence.</p><p>"So what is actually being proposed in response? The Allan government is suggesting the creation of a new criminal offence for wearing a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FaceCovering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaceCovering</span></a> at peaceful protests, banning 'dangerous attachment devices' (e.g. a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chain</span></a>, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BikeLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeLock</span></a>) — which have long been used in non-violent civil disobedience — and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criminalising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminalising</span></a> peaceful protests around places of religious worship. </p><p>"The ban on face coverings would be a first in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. It would mirror measures used in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> states that force people to submit themselves to various forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateSurveillance</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VictoriaPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaPolice</span></a> has been using facial recognition software for years without any regulatory or legislative framework to prevent breaches of privacy. This technology, combined with a ban on face coverings at protests, would essentially amount to an obligation on behalf of individuals to submit to surveillance by the state, corporations and other groups that surveil protesters.</p><p>"Unless you’re a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiningCompany</span></a> spending hundreds of millions buying politicians’ favour or can wine and dine decision-makers, peaceful protest is one of the main ways for people to hold governments and corporations to account. Protests for the eight-hour workday, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNationsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNationsRights</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiWar</span></a> movement have led to significant improvements in all of our lives.<br>Know something?</p><p>"Many people attending protests wear face coverings to protect their privacy and anonymity. For temporary migrants, the consequences of identification can include visa cancellation and detention. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> groups, abusers of gender-based violence and other political groups have all been documented as engaging in doxing, surveillance and retaliatory violence against people identified at peaceful protests.</p><p>"Even with exemptions, a ban would mean that people who wear facemasks for reasons of health, disability status, or religious or cultural reasons would be at risk of police targeting and made to justify their use of a face mask.</p><p>"Adding new repressive police powers against peaceful protesters only serves to increase the risk of escalating violence at already heightened public demonstrations. People will not stop taking to the streets on issues they care about, even if the state tries to stifle their voices. Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s deployment of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> in response to protests in LA shows us how deploying more state force at protests increases rather than decreases the risk of violence. </p><p>"A ban on protests outside or within a certain proximity to places of worship would mean police could arrest those engaging in peaceful protests for a genuine, non-discriminatory purpose — for example, protests by survivors of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClergySexualAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClergySexualAbuse</span></a> or by congregants against the political activities of their own religious institutions.</p><p>"It would also have the unintended consequence of rendering large areas of the state no-go zones for peaceful protest, due to the high number of places of worship. Similar laws in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> are already being challenged for their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unconstitutionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutionality</span></a>.</p><p>"Taken together, this suite of laws, which would provide police with extraordinary powers against people peacefully raising their voices against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a>, would have a chilling effect, deterring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarginalisedGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalisedGroups</span></a> from attending protests and exercising their rights to freedom of expression, which the Victorian government has sought to protect.</p><p>"Ultimately, banning face coverings at peaceful protests and banning protests outside places of worship would not have done anything to prevent what occurred over the weekend. Premier Allan knows this. Yet she is stuck in the same reactive law-and-order merry-go-round that saw NSW Premier Chris Minns enact fear-based, repressive anti-protest measures in response to what we now know was an opportunistic criminal conspiracy.</p><p>"Encouraging people to express their political views peacefully is the antidote to non-peaceful forms of protest and is something that all governments should be encouraging and facilitating. At times like this, we should be able to trust our politicians not to fuel division and panic through misguided and knee-jerk responses, but to take measures to address the root causes of racism and hatred."</p><p><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/victoria-anti-protest-laws-police-powers-jacinta-allan-miznon-east-melbourne-synagogue/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/victo</span><span class="invisible">ria-anti-protest-laws-police-powers-jacinta-allan-miznon-east-melbourne-synagogue/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLawsAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLawsAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalists</span></a> among at least 13 arrested during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>-related protest in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CincinnatiOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CincinnatiOH</span></a></p><p>Police in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovingtonKY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovingtonKY</span></a>, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.</p><p>By John Seewer | The Associated Press</p><p>"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OhioRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioRiver</span></a>.</p><p>"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CityBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CityBeat</span></a>, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.</p><p>"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationRaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationRaids</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>.</p><p>"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> protest near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGA</span></a>. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnlawfulAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnlawfulAssembly</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.</p><p>"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetentionCenter</span></a>. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is trying to deport him.</p><p>"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.</p><p>"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.</p><p>"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.</p><p>"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.</p><p>"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.</p><p>"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.</p><p>"The arrests happened during a protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AymanSoliman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AymanSoliman</span></a>, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.</p><p>"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildBridgesNotWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildBridgesNotWalls</span></a>.'</p><p>"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' " </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcchicago.com/news/national-i</span><span class="invisible">nternational/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLawsKentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLawsKentucky</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> court clarifies <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiotLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiotLaw</span></a> amid legal battle for 2020 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a></p><p>The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has clarified the state's definition of rioting, affecting the legal proceedings for five protesters charged in 2020.</p><p>Jason Burger, July 18, 2025</p><p>OKLAHOMA CITY — "The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has clarified the state's definition of rioting, impacting the legal proceedings for five individuals charged after a protest in 2020 over the death of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a>.</p><p>"In 2020, five protesters were accused of blocking the path of an officer while painting a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mural</span></a> outside the police department. </p><p>" 'The defendants, who were convicted in the state of Oklahoma, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, saying their free speech rights were violated by being forced to plead or go to trial,' said legal expert Ed Blau. 'What this opinion from the court of criminal appeals did was clarify to the federal court that covers Oklahoma — exactly what Oklahoma statutes mean when it comes to rioting.'</p><p>The protesters believed the law was vague or improperly defined."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-court-clarifies-riot-law-amid-legal-battle-2020-protesters/65452649" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koco.com/article/oklahoma-cour</span><span class="invisible">t-clarifies-riot-law-amid-legal-battle-2020-protesters/65452649</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLawsOklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLawsOklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VagueLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VagueLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeFloydProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloydProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICantBreathe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICantBreathe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a></p>