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State Senators slated nine and a half hours Friday to consider and debate the controversial anti-rioting legislation in its one and only committee stop before reaching the Senate floor.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>More than 50 members of the public came to testify against the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>They fear it will be used as a tool to silence voices that disagree with the Republican- controlled legislature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are challenging the tools of white supremacy in the state and in the country, they don’t consider you peaceful,\u201d said Jami Davis with Black Voters Matter.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-67278 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0409_00001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00001-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00001-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0409_00005\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00005-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00005-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0409_00003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00003-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00003-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Still0409_00003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Sponsor Senator Danny Burgess argued the bill’s increased penalties for crimes committed during a riot are necessary to prevent the unrest witnessed in 2020 and on January 6th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I was rendered speechless watching US soldiers inside our nation’s Capitol protect us from ourselves,\u201d said Burgess.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Senator Jason Pizzo questioned the true target of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think President Trump would be guilty of mob intimidation on January 6th?\u201d asked Pizzo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to speculate on that,\u201d replied Burgess.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px 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