{"id":66879,"date":"2021-04-15T14:34:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=66879"},"modified":"2021-04-15T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:34:50","slug":"66879","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=66879","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma Senate passes bill protecting drivers who hit protesters blocking roadways<\/a><\/p>\n

A bill meant to protect drivers who hit protesters during the course of fleeing a riot passed the Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

House Bill 1674<\/a>, which passed through the Senate by a vote of 38-10, would increase penalties for blocking roadways while also providing immunity to drivers who kill or injure motorists while fleeing the scene of a riot in fear for their lives,<\/strong>\u00a0according to the\u00a0<\/u>Associated Press<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bill comes in response to an incident in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last year in which a driver in a pickup truck drove through a group of George Floyd protesters blocking an interstate and injured several protesters. The driver, whose family was in the car, was not charged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids cowered in the back seat because they feared for their lives,\u201d one of the Republican sponsors of the bill, Rob Standridge, said. \u201cThat\u2019s what this bill is about.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the bill, it would become a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine for protesters who block a public street.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats\u00a0took issue with the bill<\/u><\/a>, specifically with how the legislation\u2019s language defined the word “riot,” wondering aloud if \u201cpeaceful protesters\u201d could be targeted.<\/p>\n

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The bill now heads to the desk of Oklahoma\u2019s Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, for approval.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma Senate passes bill protecting drivers who hit protesters blocking roadways A bill meant to protect drivers who hit protesters during the course of fleeing a riot passed the Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday. House Bill 1674, which passed through the Senate by a vote of 38-10, would increase penalties for blocking roadways while also providing … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66880,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66879\/revisions\/66880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}