[wordup] At least in Utah -- PROTESTORS NOW TO BE CALLED TERRORISTS

[Adam Shand]

Via: Herr Nagengast <todd at gnosh.net>
From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>

>From: "Kevin Gainer" <kgainer at columbus.rr.com>
>To: <farber at cis.upenn.edu>
>
>PROTESTORS NOW TO BE CALLED TERRORISTS
>***************************************************
>The Utah state legislature just passed Utah House
>Bill 100 (an amendment to Utah's criminal code)
>which defines protestors as terrorists. The bill
>states that "A person is guilty of commercial ter-
>rorism if he enters or remains unlawfully on the
>premises or in a building of any business with the
>intent to interfere with the employees, customers,
>personnel, or operations of a business."
>
>This bill was amended and passed by the Utah House
>of Representatives and referred to the Utah Senate
>on Feb. 4 in order to limit protests at the Olympics.
>The Senate will vote on the bill soon.
>
>To read the full text of this Utah bill, see:
>http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2002/bills/hbillint/hb0100.htm
>
>Kevin Gainer, Managing Editor
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