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Ivy Ceballo, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY Ken Dudley told a panel of Utah lawmakers on Wednesday that when he was shot twice while driving his car during a protest against police brutality in Provo last year, it was “one of the most terrifying things that’s happened to me.”
Days after Dudley got home from the hospital with wounds from a bullet that went through his elbow and hit his other arm, bullet fragments that hit his eye and shrapnel in his abdomen he said he was horrified to learn the man accused of shooting him was released from jail after having paid $42,000 for bail. (A judge later raised that bail amount to $100,000).
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A Utah legislative committee approved a bill that creates harsher penalties for people charged with rioting.
A bill that increases penalties and eliminates bail for rioting passed a Utah legislative committee Wednesday.
The proposal from Sen. David Hinkins, R-Ferron, is in response to last year’s protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
During the presentation to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hinkins brought members of the armed neighborhood watch group United Citizens Alarm to present the bill with him.
Casey Robertson said he formed the organization after a motorist was shot by protesters in Provo last year.
“The citizens of Utah overwhelmingly support harsh penalties for riotous, violent and unlawful behavior,” Robertson said. “If this bill passes, violent criminals will think twice before destroying our towns and threatening and harassing Utah citizens.”