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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
National
Steven Lemongello

Florida ‘anti-riot’ law is unconstitutional, federal lawsuit contends

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando civil rights attorney filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Orange County Sheriff John Mina in what may be the first legal challenge to Florida’s “anti-riot” law that went into effect this week.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Orlando by attorney Aaron Carter Bates on behalf of the Lawyers Matter Task Force, a nonprofit advocacy group.

The suit claims that the law, signed by DeSantis on Monday, violates several provisions of the U.S. Constitution.

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