>>MARY BAER: REPUBLICANS ARE
CELEBRATING A NEW ANTI RIOTING
LAW GOES INTO EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS TODAY, DEMOCRATS
ARE CALLING IT A SAD DAY AND
SAY THE
LAW’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE NEW
LAW AND ORDER MEASURE HAS BEEN
HOTLY DEBATED SINCE THE
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS SUPPORT
LAST SEPTEMBER.
>>KENT JUSTICE: FLORIDA
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS WAS
SURROUNDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
DURING TODAY’S BILL SIGNING
CEREMONY IN
POLK COUNTY AMONG OTHER THINGS
THE NEW LAW CREATES A NEW CRIME
OF MOB INTIMIDATION IT ANSWERS
RIOT-RELATED PENALTIES AND IT
MAKES IT HARDER FOR ANY LOCAL
MUNICIPALITY TO DEFUND POLICE
AND REDUCE SPENDING ON
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> I THINK IT’S REALLY
REMARKABLE IF YOU LOOK AT THE
BREATH OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE
OF LEGISLATION IT IS
THE STRONGEST ANTI RIOTING PRO
LAW ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE’S JUST NOTHING
EVEN CLOSE.
>>KENT JUSTICE: THE LAW ALSO
MAKES IT A FELONY TO TEAR DOWN
STATUES OR MONUMENTS, DEMOCRATS
ARE UPSET AND STATE
REPRESENTATIVE ANGIE NIXON FROM
JACKSONVILLE JOINED THE STATE’S
TOP ELECTED DEMOCRATS AGREE
CULTURE COMMISSIONER NIKKI
FRIED AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT
THE CAPITOL I’M SO HEARTBROKEN
BY WHAT I SAW
HAPPENING TODAY.
>> DIDN’T NECESSARILY WANT TO
SPEAK SUPER UPSET ABOUT
THIS DEAL.
>>KENT JUSTICE: NIXON JOINED
COLLEAGUES AND SAYING PEOPLE
NEED TO VOTE REPUBLICANS OUT OF
OFFICE FOR NOT DEFENDING
FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WE KNOW.
>> THAT THIS VIDEO WAS BY
DESIGN.
CLEARLY THERE’S A GROUP IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
THAT THEY’LL THAT THEY WERE
ABOUT TO
LOSE POWER.
>>KENT JUSTICE: FLORIDA’S
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TOOK
AIM AT REPUBLICANS TO SAYING
IT’S A SAD DAY CRIMINALIZING
PEACEFUL PROTEST IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND A
VIOLATION OF HER CIVIL RIGHTS
THIS WILL AGE WELL
THE GOVERNOR AND HIS SUPPORTERS
LIKE STATE CFO JIMMY PATRONIS
SAY IT DOESN’T SUPPRESS FREE
SPEECH RATHER PROTECT PROPERTY
OWNERS HERE’S WHAT PETRONAS
SAID ON THIS WEEK IN
JACKSONVILLE
LAST MONTH.
>> IF YOU WANT TO COME AND
DEMONSTRATE ITS PRESSURE
CONCERNS AND DUE TO THE
PEACEFUL MANNER GOD BLESS YOU
THAT’S WHAT THIS STATE IS ALL
ABOUT IS ALLOWING YOUR OPINIONS
TO BE VOICED AND HEARD AND NO
PLACE BETTER THAN RIGHT HERE IN
TALLAHASSEE BUT IF YOU DECIDE
TO HURT SOMEBODY ELSE OR
DAMAGE, SOMEBODY’S PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT’S NOT
WELCOME IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. THE GOVERNOR SAID
MONDAY THE MEASURE GREW OUT OF
PROTESTS FOLLOWING GEORGE
FLOYD’S DEATH LAST MAY.
>> DESANTIS SIGNED THE BILL IS
CLOSING ARGUMENTS TOOK PLACE IN
THE DEREK CHAUVIN MURDER TRIAL
IN MINNEAPOLIS. SOMETHING NOT
LOST ON OPPONENTS.
LOCALLY JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF,
MIKE WILLIAMS COMMENTED ON THE
NEW LAW I SAID IN THE STATEMENT
SAYS I’M VERY PLEASED THAT OUR
GOVERNOR HAS DEMONSTRATED YET
SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
SIGNING HOUSE BILL ONE THE ANTI
RIOT BILL.
>>KENT JUSTICE: JACKSONVILLE
ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE
STATE IS READY TO WORK TOGETHER
TO BUILD STRONGER BRIDGES OF
TRUST AND COOPERATION
WHILE MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY