Anti-Antifa Riot Control Plow
Posted on 02/21/2021 12:16:52 PM PST by Libloather
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - When massive demonstrations against racial injustice erupted across the nation last summer, protesters used an increasingly common tactic to draw attention to their cause: swarming out onto major roads to temporarily paralyze traffic.
This method sometimes resulted in searing images of drivers plowing through crowds, causing serious injuries and in some cases, deaths.
Now, Republican politicians across the country are moving to stop the road-blocking maneuver, proposing increased penalties for demonstrators who run onto highways and legal immunity for drivers who hit them. The bills are among dozens introduced in Legislatures aimed at cracking down on demonstrations.
“It’s not going to be a peaceful protest if you’re impeding the freedom of others,” said Rep. Kevin McDugle, the author of an Oklahoma bill granting criminal and civil immunity to people who drive into crowds on roads. “The driver of that truck had his family in there, and they were scared to death."
He referred to an incident in July in which a pickup truck pulling a horse trailer drove through Black Lives Matter protesters on Interstate 244 in Tulsa. Three people were seriously injured, including a 33-year-old man who fell from an overpass and was left paralyzed from the waist down.
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The writer of the article apparently has no sense of how terrifying it can be to have your car surrounded by an angry mob, rocking it, smashing windows, etc.
further more and more of these groups have actual blm antifa terrorists in them carrying firearms
sitting duck in a vehicle, doors and glass wont protect from gunfire, and youre not in a great return fire position
run them down, get out of danger, then call your lawyer
I have zero sympathy for terrorists. Dead #BlackThugsMatter and dead Antifa are always an appropriate response if decent people have a reasonable fear for their own lives/safety. If they don’t want to get run over, they should stay off major roads and not attack people they block in.
Heck, they should pay 'em a nice fat bounty, and fill their tank, too.
What will Bill Gates talking about synthetic meat...it seems germane, even though not humane.
Shouldn’t that vehicle be on tracks? I’d think that tires would be too susceptible to damage caused by weapon-bearing rioters.
This is a step in the right direction.
What about that poor guy who is currently in prison for murder because he hit someone in that riot in South Carolina? (Or North Carolina?) A law like this might have protected him.
Good.
I want one.
So what did we learn today kids? Stay out of traffic. People are losing patience with Lefty.
Agreed. Liberal bullies block roads and threaten people in vehicles, then cry they’re the victims if hit by a car.
Sure, I could go for tracks! And a beefier plow up front.
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