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anti-protest laws — Tiffany Crutcher speaks during the Juneteenth celebration in the Greenwood District on June 19, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Crutcher is the twin sister of Terence Crutcher who was killed by a Tulsa police officer in 2016. She is an advocate for police reform and racial justice. Photo: The Terence Crutcher Foundation

By Carrie Levine, Senior Reporter The Center for Public Integrity

The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C. This story was published in partnership with Indian Country Today and HuffPost.

Tiffany Crutcher was worried.

Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit them. The state NAACP, saying the law was passed in response to racial justice demonstrations and could chill the exercising of First Amendment rights, filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of it. But the new law was only weeks from taking effect.

9-11-2001: Twenty years later

Judge launches search for leaker in huge case pitting 9/11 families against Saudi Arabia

August 31, 2021 5:30 am

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New York City's Thurgood Marshall Courthouse where U.S. Magistrate Sarah Netburn presides By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org A federal magistrate in New York has launched a leak hunt in an effort to find out who provided a Yahoo! News reporter with the deposition of a former Saudi embassy

Florida’s new ‘anti-riot’ law is also anti-city

June 2, 2021 5:31 am

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By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s controversial new “anti-riot’’ law that opponents say puts an unconstitutional chill on legitimate protest by ratcheting up the power of police to crack down on demonstrators could end up hitting unsuspecting taxpayers in the pocket.

It’s time to stand up for your rights to free speech and open government

August 16, 2018 8:00 am

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Florida Bulldog rarely publishes opinion, but today we stand publicly with thousands of reporters, editors and others who bring you the news to remind you - our readers - of the crucial work done by journalists on your behalf.

First Amendment claims seen as Rx for drug makers, headache for consumers

October 14, 2017 2:10 pm

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By Paul Raeburn, FairWarning

Quentin Lueninghoener/ FairWarning

On Oct. 26, 2005, Alfred Caronia, a sales consultant for a little-known pharmaceutical company based in California, met with a doctor to discuss promotion of one of the firm’s drugs.

The drug, a depressant called Xyrem, had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat only certain patients with the sleep disorder narcolepsy. But Caronia maintained, in a conversation with a doctor that was recorded by federal investigators, that the drug could be used to treat an array of other sleep and muscle ailments.

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New anti-protest laws in Florida, Oklahoma cast long shadow on First Amendment rights

Judge launches search for leaker in huge case pitting 9/11 families against Saudi Arabia

Florida’s new ‘anti-riot’ law is also anti-city

It’s time to stand up for your rights to free speech and open government

First Amendment claims seen as Rx for drug makers, headache for consumers

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