Tim_Tex wrote:
Some states have legalized running over protesters. Oklahoma and Florida are examples. I'm surprised Texas hasn't.
Running over peaceful protesters: legal
Dick pics, weed, abortion: illegal
They haven't legalized running over protesters. My guess is that you haven't liked the outcome of some trials where the defendant was charged with mowing down a pedestrian who was demonstrating. I can't think of anything like that recently in the news for Texas and Florida. But, I do understand that just because I'm on foot and the other person is in a car doesn't mean they won't feel threatened by me if I decided to run up to their car cursing, screaming, waving my hands, throwing things, etc...
People who are demonstrating seem to think that people in cars won't be frightened by them. I can tell you that no amount of money could coax me out of the house and downtown to a protest. It would feel overstimulating, overwhelming, confusing and potentially dangerous. I'd be afraid that I would react vs. act, so I stay away.
What if the driver didn't know, felt threatened? And the protester wasn't behaving civilly? Should the driver be prosecuted simply because he/she was in a car? What if granny got the s**t scared out of her but prior to that had never hurt a fly?
I think that you think that people deserve prosecution simply because of who they are and who they ran over, with no consideration for the specific circumstances.
If you hold a sign, say a group chant and the like, chances are you won't be run over. If you jump up and down, scream, run up on people, hem them in, throw things, you might scare them and cause flight or fight. That's not legalizing running down protesters.
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