Today is Tuesday, April 20th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements, presented

by Betcha's Media, on Sammy Sage.

Closing arguments in the Derek Schrodingtrial concluded yesterday, and the jury is currently

deliberating.

Meanwhile, the city of Minneapolis is bracing for potential protests after the verdict

is announced and has put up barbed wire and concrete barriers in downtown Minneapolis.

Minneapolis schools will also be doing remote learning from Wednesday through Friday

this week in anticipation of the verdict potentially causing an uproar.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new law that he's calling the strongest anti-riding

pro law enforcement measure in the country, which was written in response to protests following

the death of George Floyd.

It provides new protections for police and increases the penalties for people who take part

in property damage or violence during protests.

The bill actually creates a new crime known as mob intimidation.

At the bill signing yesterday, DeSantis said, if you riot, if you loot, if you harm others,

particularly if you harm a law enforcement officer during one of these violent assemblies,

you're going to jail.

The law goes even further and actually makes local Florida officials liable for lawsuits

from injured parties if they're found to not have done enough to respond to control violent

protests.

So, this is the one time that Florida is not allowing complete lawlessness and chaos.

Got it.

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