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N.C. House Votes to Protect Drivers Who Hit Protesters
U.S. News ^ | April 28, 2017

Posted on 04/28/2017 12:00:54 PM PDT by deplorableindc

The North Carolina House of Representatives approved legislation in a lopsided 67-48 vote Thursday that would shield drivers from civil liability if they collide with protesters.

Opponents say the legislation is unnecessary and may give drivers the false impression they can maliciously run over activists. One Democrat warned it would make the state the butt of jokes about being full of “dumb rednecks.”

But Republican proponents, who sent the measure to the state Senate by a veto-proof margin, say recent encounters between activists and drivers makes the reform both sensible and necessary.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: northcarolina; riots
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1 posted on 04/28/2017 12:00:54 PM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Come to think of it, I haven’t seen much about black lives matter protests lately.


2 posted on 04/28/2017 12:01:59 PM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: deplorableindc

All right, welcome to Death Race 2017!

Antifa terrorists, 30 points.

Antifa terrorists with bandanas, 50 points.

Antifa terrorists with bike locks or wine bottles, 70 points.

Antifa terrorists with moldilocks, now 100 points!


3 posted on 04/28/2017 12:09:29 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: deplorableindc

reminds me of an old joke- if you don’t like the way she drives, stay off the sidewalks


4 posted on 04/28/2017 12:10:05 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: deplorableindc

Long overdue.


5 posted on 04/28/2017 12:17:56 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: kaehurowing

And I thought I was the only one who remembered that movie.


6 posted on 04/28/2017 12:21:47 PM PDT by lbtbell
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To: deplorableindc

Ramming speed!


7 posted on 04/28/2017 12:23:50 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: deplorableindc
Opponents say the legislation is unnecessary and may give drivers the false impression they can maliciously run over activists.

So, people who deny the driving public access to public thoroughfares are 'activists'. Mmmkay.

8 posted on 04/28/2017 12:54:12 PM PDT by pa_dweller (President Donald Trump, President Donald Trump. Because I know you like seeing it.)
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To: LouAvul

The rats turned the switch off, just as they did with Robert Creamer violence at Trump rallies after Project Veritas outed him and Hillary collusion.


9 posted on 04/28/2017 1:17:38 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Fred Hayek
Ramming speed!

"I hate those guys!"

10 posted on 04/28/2017 1:19:02 PM PDT by thulldud
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To: deplorableindc

I have been in a situation in Jacksonville FL that required me to stomp the accelerator and damn whoever stayed in the way. It wasn’t a demonstration. It was the result of turning off the highway at the wrong intersection after midnight. I had a revolver on the seat beside me but the accelerator seemed to me to be a safer tactic. The folks got out of the way and someone threw a bottle at me as I went on by.


11 posted on 04/28/2017 1:21:11 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: deplorableindc

Most rednecks I know are far from dumb. Most of the democrats I know are the epitome of stupidity.


12 posted on 04/28/2017 1:50:25 PM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: kaehurowing

Yes, “In North Carolina, now you too can become a hood ornament on a pickup!”

“Hey Jeb what’s that skinny thing all dressed in black with a mask that be wrapped around that Confederate Flag you got screwed to your hood?”


13 posted on 04/28/2017 1:55:18 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: deplorableindc

I like the idea of being able to drive my way out of a crowd that has surrounded me, so that I’m not trapped inside a mob that can set my car on fire and trap me.
I’ve been trapped in a mob with my children in the car, and it was terrifying. Yet if I drove over those blocking me, I would have been at risk for charges.


14 posted on 04/28/2017 2:09:20 PM PDT by tbw2
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Charges be damned!

If a “mob” surrounds my car, with or without my children present; many in that “mob” will die.


15 posted on 04/28/2017 3:14:14 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: deplorableindc

As I understand things, trying to prevent someone from moving about freely (like blocking traffic) is on par with kidnapping, and a lethal response is warranted. Can any legal experts out there clarify this?


16 posted on 04/28/2017 3:42:56 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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I've been trying to figure the ambulance with a sick patient trying to save a life situation, or plain old interference with a LEO trying to get to a crime scene.

Why AREN'T these automatic felonies, with mandatory jail time?

Some a$$hole chaining himself to barrels full of cement are risking LIVES.

17 posted on 04/28/2017 4:58:03 PM PDT by boop ("I don't know"- Jeff Spicoli)
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To: deplorableindc

Remind me to get a new heavy duty grip for the front of my truck!

Hey Ruy! GET A GRILL NOT A GRIP!

Thank you. I needed that.


18 posted on 04/28/2017 5:25:14 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
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To: deplorableindc
Now on my MUST BUY list!


19 posted on 04/28/2017 5:27:54 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
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Why AREN'T these automatic felonies, with mandatory jail time?

Probably because the cities this happens in are run by Democrats.

20 posted on 04/29/2017 4:20:03 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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