12:13pm Tue Feb 12 '02 (Modified on 12:44pm Tue Feb 12 '02)

The Utah state legislature just passed Utah House

Bill 100 (an amendment to Utah's criminal code)

which defines protestors as terrorists.

PROTESTORS NOW TO BE CALLED TERRORISTS

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The Utah state legislature just passed Utah House

Bill 100 (an amendment to Utah's criminal code)

which defines protestors as terrorists. The bill

states that "A person is guilty of commercial terrorism if he enters or remains unlawfully on the

premises or in a building of any business with the

intent to interfere with the employees, customers,

personnel, or operations of a business."

This bill was amended and passed by the Utah House

of Representatives and referred to the Utah Senate

on Feb. 4 in order to limit protests at the Olympics.

The Senate will vote on the bill soon.

To read the full text of this Utah bill, see:

http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2002/bills/hbillint/hb0100.htm

It almost sounds like a joke.

Why does a "business" get special protection with a class of crime called "commercial terrorism"?

This "terrorism" of protest sounds like it could be covered under "failure to disperse". This is demonization, plain and simple.

This "war on terrorism" is just like the "war on drugs". It's a legislative farce used to pass repressive laws in flagrant violation of the constitution and human rights. It's so crass, I don't believe people are falling for it.

In fact, I'm surprised the Republican administration doesn't declare a "war on politicians" and use it to imprison Democrats.

the web address looks official to me.

I found no media coverage of this outside indymedia

Well, "Bob" says Utah legislators are terrorists.

This law would classify the lunch counter sit-ins as terrorist acts.

Just something to think about for Black History Month.

I can't believe these yahoos in Utah passed a law calling a protester a terrorist hey why not call these corporations that dump pollution in the air, water, and land terrorist, that deny people jobs based on the color of their skin terrorists, that keep driving the prices up so that the poor stay poor terrorists jeez terrorist is such a nice word but a protester a terroist that is part of our freedom note the word freedom kids of speech what's next are they ban the constitution and label someone who isn't "the right kind of people" terrorist? america wake up and smell the noise sep 11th is gone and past are we as people going to be breast feed this junk in order to keep is safe just imagaine the chaos that would have if every american realized this is new nazi empire.