25-Year Terms Urged for Some Protesters
An Oregon anti-terrorism bill would jail street-blocking protesters for 25 years in a thinly veiled effort to discourage antiwar demonstrations, critics say.
The bill has met strong opposition, and legislators say it has little chance of passing. Senate Bill 742 identifies a terrorist as a person who “plans or participates in an act that is intended, by at least one of its participants, to disrupt” business, transportation, schools, government or free assembly.
Critics say its language is so vague it erodes basic freedoms.
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