Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events.

The nineteenth episode of the first series, features a look into the prosecution behind protests in the United States. With mass-amounts of protests and civil unrest throughout the summer of 2020, this group looks at the history of protests in America, as well as multiple current cases where protestors have either turned violent or remained peaceful. They then discuss the impact that prosecutors can have on cases like this and how it affects our first amendment rights.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-09/hundreds-were-arrested-for-peacefully-protesting-here-are-their-stories
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-09-27/portand-oregon-police-make-arrests-at-downtown-rally
https://katu.com/news/local/protester-accused-of-jumping-on-officers-back-during-arrest-in-portland
https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/oregon-resident-accused-interfering-police-making-arrests-during-civil-disorder-portland
https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-ex-paralegal-indicted-by-federal-grand-jury-for-violent-rioting
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/
https://www.kosu.org/post/multiple-okc-protestors-charged-terrorism-rioting-assault-and-battery#:~:text=District%20Attorney%20David%20Prater%20charged,battery%20on%20a%20police%20officer.&text=Referring%20to%20the%20terrorism%20charges,be%20treated%20like%20a%20terrorist.%22
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/27/black-lives-matter-protesters-terrorism-felony-charges/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/15/breonna-taylor-protest-felony-charges/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/1/21277363/lets-start-riot-galesburg-man-federal-charge-related-rioting-chicago
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/LSB10493.pdf
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/17/300-and-counting-push-by-feds-to-arrest-in-us-protests/
https://www.stl.news/isaiah-thomas-willoughby-charged-with-arson-for-setting-fire/336625/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/man-charged-arson-setting-fire-seattle-s-east-police-precinct-during-capitol-hill
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/844
https://www.ucf.edu/news/7-influential-protests-in-american-history/
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt1_4_1/


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