Oklahoma House Passes Bill To Give Immunity To Drivers Who Hit Protesters
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[–]chadwickofwv 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (16 children)
Sounds like great legislation. When you are being attacked by a mob surrounding your vehicle, the correct action is to run over them and get the fuck out of there. They will murder you without a second thought. Do not allow yourself to feel pity for them, as they do not deserve any.
[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (15 children)
So such a law was needed why? Are mobs of cowpokes wandering the wide open spaces Tejas nel Norte? Have there been miscarriage's of justice where schoolmarms have been convicted by juries for simply trying to save themselves?
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (14 children)
Mostly the law is needed so you don't get prosecuted running over some yahoo blocking the freeway on your way to work. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. I gots places to be.
[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (13 children)
Tell me about these horrible cases where people were prosecuted for running over some yahoo blocking the freeway on your way to work.
More to the point, the law does not say that.
Oh well, as long as the Republicans feel good. Modern Conservatism is all about feelings, not facts.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (12 children)
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/09/14/north-carolina-man-charged-after-running-over-protester-tennessee/5799017002/
There's one, there's several instances of this happening.
[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (11 children)
I do not see the part where the driver was attacked before attacking the other fellow.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (10 children)
He wasn't. That's why this law is useful, so people like that won't be prosecuted in the future. I have no sympathy for protesters who want to cause me to be stuck in traffic for their protest. I do not want them to benefit at my expense.
[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (9 children)
So someone walks in the road you ought to be able to run him down? You have bold new ways of thinking!
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (8 children)
No, not someone who "walks in the road." These are protesters holding up traffic on purpose as part of their protest. If they aren't protected any longer they won't do it. They can protest without blocking traffic.
[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (7 children)
So if they block traffic vigilante justice is needed.
[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
The Republican-majority Oklahoma state House passed a bill on Wednesday that would grant immunity to drivers who “unintentionally” run over protesters.
In an early morning vote along party lines, with 79 votes in favor and 18 against, state lawmakers approved legislation that would remove criminal or civil liability for any driver who “unintentionally” injures or kills someone while “fleeing from a riot,” as long as they have a “reasonable belief” that fleeing would protect themselves from harm.
The bill would also allow protesters to be charged with a misdemeanor if they “unlawfully obstruct” traffic, punishable by up to a year in jail and $5,000 in fines.
The legislation follows widespread protests in Oklahoma and across the country last summer against racist police violence. Black Lives Matter protesters have repeatedly been targeted by vehicle assaults.
At one such protest in Tulsa, a truck drove through Black Lives Matter protesters on a highway. Several people were seriously injured, according to The Oklahoman, and the county district attorney did not charge the driver.
Democratic state Rep. Monroe Nichols, who is Black, told his fellow lawmakers that he doesn’t want to have to tell his 12-year-old son that the Oklahoma House “made it so that folks who may advocate for people who look like him can be run over with immunity.”
The bill now heads over to the Republican-majority state Senate.
[–]RightousBob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
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[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
An article from seven or so months ago claimed that people have driven into protestors over 100 times. Maybe Oklahoma needs some sort of bag limit.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/08/vehicle-ramming-attacks-66-us-since-may-27/5397700002/
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