Republican Rep. Allen Treadaway, a retired Birmingham assistant police chief, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would stiffen penalties for participating in a riot that turned violent or destructive. Under the bill, a person arrested for participating in a riot, blocking traffic during a protest or assaulting a first responder would have to wait 48 hours in jail before being eligible for bail.
The bill would also create the new felony crime of aggravated riot for knowingly participating in a riot that causes property damage or harm to a person. A person convicted of the crime, which would be a class C felony, would face a mandatory minimum sentence of six months in prison.
Many lawmakers oppose the bill including Sen. Rodger Smitherman who says “What this bill is trying to simply do is shut folks’ mouths.”
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