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Yep! This is a political party that has become a terrorist organization and we have to start thinking about outlawing the Republican Party for their openly terrorist behaviors.
Oklahoma House Passes Bill To Give Immunity To Drivers Who Hit Protesters
The legislation approved by the Republican-led House comes after Black Lives Matter protests last summer against racist police violence.
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 doesnt 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.
Girard442
(6,081 posts)...Boss Hawg can run me over and get away with it.
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)I complain to store managers if I see a black woman being treated badly by employees. (I am white). I guess now some Bubba can run me over in the parking lot.
NameAlreadyTaken
(978 posts)will I be off the hook?
BGBD
(3,282 posts)I bet they haven't thought about that one yet.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)We have a guy in our town who protests outside of Planned Parenthood every day for years and years. I this was Oklahoma, I could mow the nutjob right down with immunity!
Aristus
(66,401 posts)"limited murder", although King did not elaborate. I wondered how the hell something like that could ever happen (I read it back in the 1980's). Now I know...
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)hunter
(38,318 posts)ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)what is already legally acceptable under the law. I'm not sure some here are reading the bill honestly and correctly. This has nothing to do with "running over protesters". Its about people, on public property, trying to get away from harm. There is no possibility this law would allow a person to intentionally run someone over. That is just ridiculous.