140 dB is quite loud.
Posted on 04/23/2021 12:45:24 PM PDT by blam
Oklahoma passed legislation this week offering protections to drivers caught in riots who unintentionally kill or hurt rioters.
In addition, the bill increases penalties for people who block roadways during a demonstration, KHOU reported.
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed House Bill 1674 into law on Wednesday, the outlet continued:
The measure says drivers will not be held liable if they flee the scene of a riot and injure or kill individuals if they think it was necessary to protect themselves from serious injury or death. The bill also states the driver must exercise “due care” when the injury or death occurs.
The bill was crafted following a viral altercation last summer where a pickup truck drove through a crowd protesting the death of George Floyd on a Tulsa interstate. Several people were injured in the crash, including one man paralyzed from the waist down after falling off an overpass.
Protesters damaged the vehicle as it moved through the group and witnesses accused the driver, who was with his family, of intentionally driving through the crowd of protesters.
However, he was not charged.
“HB1674 also makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a [$5,000] fine to block a public street during a demonstration,” the outlet said.
Citizens saw numerous riots in Oklahoma and across nation in the summer of 2020, the bill’s author, Rep. Kevin West (R-Moore) said in a press release Thursday:
On the day this bill was signed into law, we even had an outburst in the House of Representatives. That thankfully was resolved quickly and without violence, but it illustrates that we are a nation governed by laws. I certainly support the right to peacefully protest and assemble. I will not, however, endorse rioters that spill onto city or state streets
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You couldn’t swing a dead skunk in a newsroom without hitting a dead skunk.
No, but I have an interest in naval history. A dead cat was the standard for flogging an 19th century sailor.
Naval history?
Oranges or belly buttons?
“Oklahoma passed legislation this week offering protections to drivers caught in riots who unintentionally kill or hurt rioters.”
Already have that sensible courtesy in my state. After a truck driver ran over a bunch of BLM turds, the police charged the commies with criminal damage to the truck. Further protests by BLM were cancelled until further notice.
Does the law include a provision that requires insurance companies to reimburse for incidental damages such as broken headlights, dented fenders, washing blood off afterwards? They’d also have to weigh in on what the deductible would be for things like that.
Great...and hope other states will join it...
Pirates and sailing ships
I’m sure if an Oklahoman kills someone while fleeing from a riot, the Feds will prosecute for violating the deceased’s civil rights...
Sorry,
If they’re stupid enough to block traffic, it’s time to cull the herd
Good on red Oklahoma!
140 dB is quite loud.
I like the part “If you hear crunching under your vehicle tires, please wear ear protection.” (Kidding).
The usual creeps, chicks with weird colored hair, white boys with dreadlocks...
Arguably, they are sane people here on free republic also.
but, orficer, I tried to avoid running over him as he jumped in front of my car, but the other ones were in the way, so I had no choice. Take out one or fifteen. I was being a good guy!
“Hey, I ran into your ex-wife today.”
“Oh, really? Did you back up and run into her again?”
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