State Giving Immunity To Drivers Who Accidentally Hit Violent Rioters

The Oklahoma House passed a bill Wednesday that extends punishments for rioters and grants immunity to drivers who injure or kill someone while fleeing a riot, USA Today reported.

House Bill 1674, introduced by Republican state Rep. Kevin West, would allow prosecutors to charge rioters with a misdemeanor for interfering with traffic and endangering drivers. If passed, motor vehicle operators would not face criminal or civil charges for hitting a rioter if they were fleeing for safety or exercised “due care” at the time of the injury or death.

The bill defines a rioter as anyone committing violence or robbery during the protest, according to the Courthouse News Service. Rioters can face a criminal charge and imprisonment.

“If any murder, maiming, robbery, rape or arson was committed in the course of such a riot, such person is punishable in the same manner as a principal in such crime,” the bill text says. “Such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment.” . . .

This is what your state lawmakers were doing while you were sleeping.

In a rare, after-midnight vote, Oklahoma House Republicans approved legislation to grant immunity to drivers who hit protesters #okleg https://t.co/vWoAqVIssa

— Carmen Forman (@CarmenMForman) March 10, 2021

“The driver was severely chastised for trying to hurt the protesters and he even faced the possibility of criminal charges for his actions in attempting to erase the protesters,” West said, according to the Courthouse News Service. “This measure would clarify a motorist’s rights in a similar situation going forward.” (Read more from “State Giving Immunity To Drivers Who Accidentally Hit Violent Rioters” HERE)

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