“I respect the right to protest, but when it endangers people’s lives and property, it goes too far,” Ericksen said. “Fear, intimidation and vandalism are not a legitimate form of political expression. Those who employ it must be called to account.”

Could be worse. I could be severely ignorant, but I haven't heard of any lives in danger with the protests near me.

“Let’s keep in mind that civil rights protesters who sat down at lunch counters could be seen as ‘disrupting business’ and ‘obstructing economic activity,’ and their courageous actions were opposed by segregationists as trying to ‘coerce business and government,’” Honig said.

Thankfully, it reads like there's already some qualification happening. This senator sounds off-kilter based on those AP reports.