DeSantis Signs Ban On Protests Outside Private Homes

Just in via press release:

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1571, which prohibits picketing and protesting outside of a person’s place of residence.

“Sending unruly mobs to private residences, like we have seen with the angry crowds in front of the homes of Supreme Court justices, is inappropriate,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “This bill will provide protection to those living in residential communities and I am glad to sign it into law.”

Once this law takes effect, law enforcement officers will provide a warning to any person picketing or protesting outside of a dwelling and will make arrests for residential picketing only if the person does not peaceably disperse after the warning. Residential picketing will be punishable as a second-degree misdemeanor.

Oh yeah, Ron DeSantis is all, “it’s not cool to protest in front of ppls houses” now, but back in October he said the state wouldn’t cooperate with the “feds” when school board member @JenkinsBrevard was being terrorized at HER home. pic.twitter.com/D7HeXRrvgi

— Matt Fleming (@Matt_Fleming321) May 16, 2022

Sorry, GOP, you don’t get to complain about protesters outside the homes of judges when you were silent about protests outside the homes of:

* The Michigan Secretary of State
* School Board members across the nation
* Abortion clinic staff

My #minirant:pic.twitter.com/2Vr1oKutds

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 10, 2022

Anti-mask mandate group says it will protest outside central Maine school board members’ homes https://t.co/3dqDn8Oom8

— Derek Davis (@derek_ddavis) November 15, 2021

I’m not sure you have a lot of credibility to condemn protests outside of Supreme Court Justices’ homes if you saw anti-mask and anti-CRT protests outside of school board members’ homes and said that was fine pic.twitter.com/acygUAu5F7

— Tyler Kingkade (@tylerkingkade) May 10, 2022