IN THE NEWS--ANTI ISRAEL PROTESTORS WITH TERROR GROUP FLAGS COULD LAND 4 YEARS BEHIND BARS UNDER NY STATE BILL

Anti-Israel protesters who display the flag of terror groups such as Hamas or Hezbollah could face up to four years behind bars under a new state bill. The proposed Stand Against Flags of Enemy Terrorists Act would expand the definition of aggravated harassment in the first degree — a class E felony — to include instances when a person displays a symbol of a foreign terrorist organization with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or another person, according to state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblyman Micah Lasher, Manhattan Democrats who are set to introduce the bill this week. New York has long recognized there are some symbols that “cross the line” from free speech to fomenting hate and harassment — “and the emblems of mass-murdering terrorist organizations certainly belong in that category,” Lasher told The Post. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2025/03/02/us-news/anti-israel-protesters-with-terror-group-flags-could-land-4-years-behind-bars-under-new-ny-state-bill/