A flag at half mast outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, days after thousands of President Trump’s supporters stormed the building, destroying property and killing a Capitol Police officer.
It is unlikely that David T. Dellinger, a social and antiwar activist who died in 2004, had much in common with former President Donald Trump, aside from each man having strong and passionate beliefs. Yet a fascinating connection may exist: the Anti-Riot Act (18 U.S. §§ 2101-2102), which makes it a crime to travel in interstate commerce with the intent to incite a riot. It is punishable by fine and or imprisonment for up to five years.
The Anti-Riot Act was enacted in 1968. It was Congress’ response to the frequent 1960s protest marches, sometimes violent, against the war in Vietnam and racial injustice.
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