NC panel sets new rules for Legislative Building protests
Source: Associated Press via Asheville Citizen-Times
Critics say the change is in response to the mass "Moral Monday" protests last year.
Katelyn Ferral
Associated Press
8:17 p.m. EDT May 15, 2014
RALEIGH – ... The changes approved by the Legislative Services Commission on Thursday tweak the rules pertaining to large gatherings and clarify the penalties for violating the rules.
The commission had not met in 15 years and no building rules had been changed since 1987. The majority of Republicans voted in favor of the rules; Democrats voted against them ...
... Democrats said the rules were too vague, passed without public input and were aimed at stifling Moral Monday demonstrations, protests waged during the session by activist groups opposed to the GOP-led legislative agenda ...
"It still invites that selective enforcement we've seen over the years," said Sarah Preston, policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union in North Carolina.
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