In May Ilhan Omar introduced H.R. 3651: Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2025. It’s literally just adding one line to 18 U.S. Code § 242:
“Including the use of force during a response to a protest.”
In short, using excessive force against protesters becomes a federal crime. That’s it.
But it has a 1% chance of being enacted.
Bill:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3651
Title 18:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242
#Protest #HumanRights #CivilRights #RightToAssemble #CivilLiberties #USPol #IlhanOmar #HR3651
