Now what the hell is the excuse going to be?
Demonstrators chanting "Black Lives Matter" stormed the Oklahoma Capitol on Wednesday, forcing the state House of Representatives into lockdown, in order to protest several Republican-backed bills, including one that provides legal protections to motorists fleeing riots.
More than two dozen protesters filled the gallery on the fifth floor while the Oklahoma House in the chamber below was in session. Video showed demonstrators chanting, "Stand united against all hate," and "We will use our voices to stand against corruption, to fight hate, to defend Black and Brown lives." The disturbance interrupted the session for several minutes.
The demonstration was organized against what activists describe as anti-protest and anti-transgender bills advancing through the GOP-controlled state Senate and House. One bill increases penalties for protesters blocking traffic and protects drivers who unintentionally strike drivers with their cars. Another aims to protect law enforcement and their families from "doxxing."
Protesters fill a gallery in the Oklahoma State Capitol (KOKH)
One man stood nose-to-nose with a lawmaker who met him on the gallery in what appeared to be a heated verbal confrontation until another female protester pulled him away. "You’re a disgrace, you’re an embarrassment to the whole f---ing nation," the male protesters shouted as he left.
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"You are traitors, insurrectionists, seditionists," another woman shouted as protesters trickled out of the gallery.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol escorted protesters from the building, and a drug dog was brought into the chamber to make sure "nothing was left behind," KOCO reporter Dillon Richards tweeted.
House Bill 1674, co-authored by Republican state Rep. Kevin West and his GOP colleague state Sen. Rob Standridge, creates a misdemeanor for unlawfully obstructing traffic while participating in a riot. It also adds criminal and civil liability protections "for motor vehicle operators who unintentionally cause injury or death to an individual participating in a riot under certain circumstances," the Oklahoma Legislature said.
The bill also "provides that organizations found to be involved with individuals participating in riots or unlawful assemblies shall be punished by a fine that is ten times the amount of the fine authorized by the appropriate provision of the bill," according to the proposed legislation’s fiscal analysis.
"This is an important protection for citizens who are just trying to get out of a bad situation," West said, according to The Oklahoman. "When fleeing an unlawful riot, they should not face threat of prosecution for trying to protect themselves, their families or their property."
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, approved the bill Wednesday, the Oklahoma Legislature said.
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL TO PROTECT DRIVERS WHO HIT RIOTERS
A second bill the governor signed into law Wednesday makes doxxing law enforcement or other public officials by publishing their personal information online a crime.
House Bill 1643, co-sponsored by Republican state Sen. David Bullard and Republican state Rep. Justin Humphrey, makes it a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to six months in jail or a $1,000 fine for an individual with the "intent to threaten, intimidate or harass," to use an "electronic communication device to knowingly publish, post or otherwise make publicly available personally identifiable information of a peace officer or public official" and result "in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury."
The punishment would be doubled upon the second conviction of the same offense, the bill says.
ACLU Oklahoma has argued the bill is too broad and anyone who posts videos or photos of law enforcement would be expected to blur out names on badges, KFOR reported.
Protesters also took exception to a third piece of Republican-backed legislation that would prohibit anyone of the "male sex" from playing on athletic teams designated for "females, women or girls."
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the so-called "Save Women’s Sports Act," which co-authors state Rep. Toni Hasenbeck and state Sen. Micheal Bergstrom -- both Republicans -- have argued will protect female athletes from missing opportunities to fairly compete for medals, podium sports, athletic scholarships and other public recognition.
Both lawmakers who drafted Senate Bill 2 have stressed the competitive advantage biological men have over biological women, and Bergstrom said he was open to having a conversation about how to allow transgender athletes to participate in sports in other ways, the Stigler News-Sentinel reported.
according to the local television station KOCO.
Damn it.... your FAMILY
Stephen Nicholas Broderick, who’d reportedly been on the run since Sunday, was carrying a loaded gun.
Stephen Nicholas Broderick, 41, a former Texas sheriff’s deputy accused of fatally shooting his former wife, their adopted daughter and a third person has been arrested after an overnight manhunt.
In a statement on Facebook, police in Manor, Texas wrote: “On Monday, April 19, 2021, at approximately 6:53 am the Travis County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a suspicious person call in the 12300 block of Old Kimbro Rd. Two callers reported to dispatch that a male subject fitting the description of Stephen Broderick was walking southbound on Old Kimbro Rd wearing a black shirt and dark jeans.”
“Manor Police Department Officers arrived on scene and immediately conducted a high-risk stop on the subject who was identified as Broderick. Broderick complied with the officer’s orders and was immediately taken into custody at 7:05 am. A loaded pistol was taken from Broderick’s waistband.”
Broderick had been on the run for nearly 20 hours after Amanda Broderick, Alyssa Broderick and young Alyssa’s boyfriend, Willie Simmons III, were found dead at the Arboretum Oaks Apartments in northwest Austin, Texas on Sunday morning.
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Alyssa Broderick was a teenager who had previously attended Elgin High School; a statement from the school’s superintendent confirmed that she and Simmons had attended the school.
Both teens were athletes. Simmons had recently been recruited to play football for the University of North Texas.
“The Elgin ISD community grieves the loss of these two young, promising souls” Superintendent Dr. Jodi Duron wrote. “In response to this tragedy, the district will have counselors and trained professionals available via in-person and/or virtually to assist students, staff and families in this time of grief.”
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It had been previously reported that Stephen Broderick had resigned from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office after being arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a child last June. He had been released on bond, and his wife had filed for a protective order against him and a divorce.
Amanda Broderick had requested sole custody of Alyssa and the couple’s nine-year-old son.
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I'm not surprised at all.
It says black lives matter not black and brown and not white. LOL
YOU are NOT stupid.... think about it.
YOU deserve it !!
This house will always BACK THE BLUE.......
and we will defend ourselves in multiple ways. LOL
Hey BLUE.... we've got your 6 !
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Put a target on someone's back?
He freaking SAVED A BLACK GIRL FROM GETTING STABBED. You are an ass.
What if someone put a target on you or your so called family?
HEY ...Young lady in pink.... LeBron thinks you should have been stabbed.
He will make up a story to make himself sound innocent... we got it LeBron. You will throw your money around to the family and all will be forgiven.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/blm-minneapolis-dont-want-say-need-start-killing-white-folks-maybe-need-feel-pain-hurt-watch/
Gonzo journalist and filmmaker Ami Horowitz interviewed several people who were attending the memorial to get their take on things like… burning the city down and using violence against white people. Their responses will surprise no one.
“Burn the whole city down, what does it matter?” one of the women asked. “I say burn the city down, y’know? So they can see that we’re here,” another woman asserted.
One of the women went on to say that Derek Chauvin should not have received a trial at all.
“There shouldn’t even be a trial, he should be convicted just as is,” she said.
The extremists were all in agreement that if he was not convicted they would support “street justice” for him, meaning murder.
One of the women said that she believed that “thousands” of unarmed black men were killed last year in the United States — the number is actually 18.
They all also seemed to agree that there is a “genocide” happening to African Americans — and “anyone who isn’t white.”
When asked about a second Civil War, one young woman said “if that’s what it takes, then we have to do it.”
Another responded, “if that’s what it takes, then I believe so.”
Asked if it will happen, yet another woman said “probably.”
“I don’t want to say we need to start killing all white folks, but it’s like…” one of the militant extremists said.“Maybe they need to feel the pain and the hurt,” she continued.
“But…?” Horowitz asked.
