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Illinois bill would criminalize filming fights to put online
Ashley Lisenby, Associated Press|Feb 10, 2016
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The video posted on Facebook showed a 12-year-old on the ground while another boy tried to stomp him, with classmates standing by, circling the two and recording the fight on their phones. Neither boy was seriously hurt, but Republican Rep. Terri Bryant of Murphysboro in southern Illinois was so disturbed by the spectators' behavior that she's proposed a bill making it a crime to record fights to share online. "Instead of getting help, they opened their cellphones," said Bryant. "I just want to send a clear message that...