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Greg Abbott: “You break the law, you cross the line, you will be arrested.”

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Governor Greg Abbott Discusses National Guard Deployments and Law Enforcement in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

Can you define what is like crossing the line for those who they don't know? Like what is the crossing line in. Protest that leads to FAFO violating the law? You break the law, you cross the line, you will be arrested. I was a little bit clearer about this last night in my post last night and that is there is freedom of speech. (01:11–01:15)

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Asserts that breaking the law during protests will result in arrest.

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