Oklahoma House passes bill to protect drivers who hit protesters

[DonViejo]

Source: Oklahoman/USA Today


Carmen Forman
Oklahoman

OKLAHOMA CITY - In a rare early morning vote, Republican lawmakers in the Oklahoma House approved legislation to grant immunity to drivers who hit protesters.

On a party-line vote Wednesday, the House passed a bill that grants civil and criminal immunity for drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters while “fleeing from a riot.”

House Bill 1674 from Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, is just one of a handful of GOP-sponsored bills in the Oklahoma Legislature this year designed to crack down on protests.

The bill came under fire from legislative Democrats who said the Republican majority was looking to lash out at protesters instead of taking steps to address systemic racism and police misconduct that have spurred widespread Black Lives Matter protests.


Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/11/oklahoma-republicans-pass-bill-protect-drivers-who-hit-protesters/6953646002/

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[Walleye]

1. License to kill.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. So when they let the murdering cops who were just charged off the hook......

Other racists can legally murder people who object to it.

This country is still very fucked up.

[grumpyduck]

3. Sure, and the moment some die-hard liberal

runs his or her truck into a bunch of *****ers, they will all start whining and kvetching.

It probably didn't occur to those assholes that it can go both ways.

[multigraincracker]

5. Just let one of those Right to Life

Protesters step out in the street. Holy Hell will break lose.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

4. Drive thru Nazi rallies????

HOW ABOUT THAT??!

[Ford_Prefect]

6. I'm thinking it won't stand federal revue: Violates 1st and 14th amendment.

[byronius]

7. "But only for Republican drivers" is the subtext.

They know the likelihood of unstable and violent dems mowing down insurrectionists is low.

Good lord this is pathetic and Nazi-ish.

[bluestarone]

8. DAM! sure could have used this on

JANUARY 6th!!!!!!

[aggiesal]

9. WOW! Open season on Protestors ...

Imagine if Charlottesville had occurred in Oklahoma?

(R)'s appear to be sooooo backwards.
I'm afraid this might backfire spectacularly.

[Grokenstein]

10. How about a bill to protect drivers who hit

Republican lawmakers?

[bringthePaine]

11. can't wait for law-abiding protestors to "stand their ground" all over vehicular assailants...

[rickyhall]

12. Protestors are so dangerous.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Can legislators be treated as protesters?

[SergeStorms]

14. Things like this are the main reason why Oklahoma....

is the "must see" vacation destination in the U.S. today.

I wouldn't set foot in Oklahoma for all the gold in Fort Knox.

[Toorich]

15. I was born and bred in this briar patch...

.... but I can say with pride: at least the rethugs didn't make it legal to spotlight protesters
before running them down.

So, in the Sooner State, you cannot spotlight deer or protesters. Fair play and due process
all rolled up in one House bill.