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DeSwiss

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Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:53 PM Jun 2014

Will Potter: The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest



TED · Published on Jun 11, 2014

In 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter decided to take a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing: "I thought it would be a safe way to do something positive," he says. Instead, he was arrested, and so began his ongoing journey into a world in which peaceful protest is branded as terrorism.

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“Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.”

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