Posted on 09/22/2020 5:14:36 AM PDT by karpov
Floridas Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed legislation that he described as bold on Monday. Judging by the plain text of the proposal and the responses to it, bold is an understatement.
Under the new criminal offenses section established by the would-be Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act, DeSantis declared it a third-degree felony to obstruct traffic during an unpermitted protest, demonstration or violent or disorderly assembly. Notably, the next clause purports to remove liability for injury or death a driver causes if that driver is fleeing for safety from a mob.
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D), who lost the gubernatorial election to DeSantis in 2018, immediately called for legal advocacy groups to bring legal action, saying that the DeSantis move would have legalized the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville.
Avowed neo-Nazi James Alex Fields Jr. was sentenced to centuries in prison for the running over and killing Heather Heyer when plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
DeSantiss legislation would also criminalize the destruction of monuments and purports to to attach racketeering liability to anyone who organizes or funds a violent or disorderly assembly. DeSantis also seeks mandatory minimum sentences for striking law enforcement officers.
(Excerpt) Read more at lawandcrime.com ...
f the mob is threatening, why shouldnt someone in a car be able to flee?
i would say good call... stay on the curb mob.
stay on the curb.
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Before I had cataract surgery, you should stay pretty far back from that curb.
Yep. Just hope all these refugees from liberal states and cities don’t come here and screw it up.
Cry me a river on the world's tiniest violin.
DEATHRACE 2020!
It’s a sad day in this country when a Governor feels the need to propose a bill to legalize self-defense.
Mob assaults on a vehicle with breaking of glass constitute an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury, using the vehicle as your means of deadly force eliminates risk of lead flying to bystanders and is already justified by the common law and self-defense statutes in all 50 states.
I think I’ll move to FL, I love what DeSantis is doing.
Pushes Crackdown on Rioting That Would Allow Drivers to Run Over a Mob without Liability
tru dat.
there is no reasonable expectation to wait in a car while a mob breaks in to assault you... gun it or slow roll, the expectation is for them to get out of the way.
unless they are in a cross walk... what?!
just blow the horn that plays dixie and gunnit.
The author is attempting to slander our great governor as well as rehabilitate the reputation of the queer, meth head alcoholic Gillam. That fag is all over the media trying to pass himself off as a viable human being. It’s not going to work.
Open Season!
They do. if you are White, when you successfully protect your life from the mob[s] which are mostly White by the way. they bring the full weight of the Law down on your head. When you are unsuccessful they bury you. Stay vigilant, Joe.
Yes he did say this!
Great design on the mod...
I like the sharp touch of the bumpers!
It would be fun to see how many rioters could be skewered on those bumpers.
This the rear tires I like. Can really hear the bones crushing!
Would you eat or drink after him? If I lived in Tallahassee, there is no way in hell I would eat at a buffet and take the chance of following him to the food or using a glass he had used. They can’t scald them enough.
Mob = Speed Bumps
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