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https://democracync.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AdobeStock_371617989-scaled.jpeg25601588MORRISVILLE, N.C. (2/3/2023) – On February 1, the first day of Black History Month, N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore introduced House Bill 40, legislation aimed at criminalizing protest, stifling free speech, and discrediting First Amendment rights by imposing harsh criminal penalties on our state’s already vague and problematic “riot” laws. HB40 would increase penalties for…