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05/17/2021 10:00 AM EDT
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An Oklahoma City minister publicly rebuked a state senator Thursday for making what the clergyman described as sexist, misogynistic and racist public remarks about Vice Pres. Kamala Harris.
The Rev. Lee Cooper, senior pastor of Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, was serving his last day as a participant in the Oklahoma Senate s Chaplain of the Week program when he took Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, to task for implying that Harris, the country s first Black person, first female and first person of South Asian descent to ascend to the vice presidency, had slept her way into politics.
Oklahoma House Approves Protections for Drivers Who Hit Protestors
A heated debate and a party line vote in Oklahoma. March 12, 2021, 7am PST | James Brasuell |
BLMMinneapolis In a rare, early-morning vote, Republican lawmakers in the Oklahoma House approved legislation to grant immunity to drivers who hit protesters, reports Carmen Forman.
On a party-line vote, with Republicans in favor, the Oklahoma House passed House Bill 1674, which grants civil and criminal immunity for drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters while fleeing from a riot, according to Forman. The bill would also allow prosecutors to charge with a misdemeanor protesters who unlawfully obstruct streets or highways to a point that it hinders traffic. The legislation also outlines punishments and fines for organizations involved in the planning of a riot.
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