From Yahoo.com….
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law last week that offers legal protections for drivers who “unintentionally” kill or injure protesters if they are attempting to “flee the scene.”
House Bill 1674, which passed last week thanks to overwhelming Republican support, also makes it a misdemeanor offense to obstruct a roadway.
The new law was passed in response to Black Lives Matter demonstrations that took place in Oklahoma and much of the country last summer in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
“The 1st Amendment gives us the right to peaceably assemble, not unlawfully assemble,” GOP state Rep. Kevin West, a sponsor of the bill, told Yahoo News in an email. “The language [in H.B. 1674] gives equal protection to lawful protesters as well as law abiding citizens who get caught up in dangerous, unlawful situations.”
