FBINAA Magazine Q1-2022-final-v4

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The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment guaranteeing free speech and peaceable assembly may be one of the most powerful foundational rights ever put on paper and freely given to the world. At the same time, responding to protest, civil disobedience and civil unrest is one of the most challenging areas of responsibility for law enforcement. It is a high risk/low frequency event that presents myriad threats and liabilities to individual officers, agencies and governments.

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