Akbari: Anti-protest bill ‘ludicrous’ for making illegal camping a felony
Protesters shout and honk horns Wednesday outside the state Capitol in opposition to legislation passed by the General Assembly setting harsher penalties for defacing state property, rioting and assaulting law enforcement officers. (Sam Stockard/Daily Memphian)
Legislation making camping on restricted state property a felony is “ludicrous,” state Sen. Raumesh Akbari said as the Legislature wrapped up a special session designed, in part, to stop “lawless” activity and send protesters packing.
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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