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Drivers Who Run Down Rioters Will Not Be Prosecuted Under Oklahoma Law
On 4/23/21 at 9:19 AM EDT
Oklahoma has adopted a new law that cracks down on what it deems as rioters while protecting drivers who injure or kill them.
After being passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives last month and the state s Senate last week, House Bill (HB) 1674 was signed into law by Republican Governor Kevin Stitt on Wednesday. It is set to take effect from November 1.
HB 1674 exonerates motorists who unintentionally wound or kill someone if they were fleeing from a riot, providing the driver exercised due care and believed it necessary to protect themselves from serious injury or death.
Oklahoma Governor Signs Law Granting Immunity for Drivers Who Kill Protesters
National Guard and police face off with anti-Trump protesters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20, 2020.
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Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a new law that would grant protections for drivers who hit and kill protesters while attempting to drive away from a protest and implements harsher penalties on people who block roads or highways during a protest. Democrats and activists decried the law as stifling protest and citizens’ First Amendment rights.
HB 1674, which Republican legislators passed earlier this week, grants civil and criminal immunity for drivers who “unintentionally” harm or kill protesters while “fleeing from a riot,” as long as there is a “reasonable belief that fleeing was necessary.”