Re: Wild video shows cops beat down anti-ICE protester after demonstration blocks Cincinnati bridge

"Scout" <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:47:16 -0400
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"Klaus  Schadenfreude" <klaus.schadenfreude.Zwergentö[email protected]> wrote 
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> [Default]  "Scout" <[email protected]> typed:
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>>"Klaus  Schadenfreude" <klaus.schadenfreude.Zwergentö[email protected]> wrote
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>>> [Default]  America First - Screw Illegal Aliens
>>> <[email protected]> typed:
>>>>"I did not try to attack anyone. We were there peacefully, exercising 
>>>>our
>>>>First Amendment rights," Hill said
>>>
>>> No, you lying sack of left-wing shit. You were not exercising ANY
>>> rights. You do not have the right to block a highway, street, road,
>>> avenue, boulevard, bridge, or sidewalk.
>>
>>Off hand observation... I wonder if those caught up in this nonsense
>>(particularly commercial drivers) couldn't fail a class action federal
>>lawsuit against each of the individuals involved for wrongful interference
>>in interstate transportation and commerce. How many millions of dollars 
>>did
>>their little stunt cause?
>>
>>Let them feel the consequences of their actions by driving them into
>>poverty.
>
> In Florida, at least...
>
> The law does allow a person to be cited for a pedestrian violation if
> they "willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of a
> public street, highway or road." For instance, if a person stands or
> remains on a street, highway or roadway, they would be in violation of
> a section in state laws that would subject them to a $15 traffic
> citation.
>
> Read more at:
> https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article308471625.html#storylink=cpy
>
> They need to add a few zeroes to that $15 traffic citation.

Ah, but that doesn't cover losses by those impacted. That would be the basis 
of a civil suit.


> Meanwhile:
>
> Florida: Florida has a law (HB 1, sometimes called the "anti-riot"
> law) that provides an affirmative legal defense in civil lawsuits for
> drivers who injure someone during a riot-related incident. While it
> doesn't automatically prevent criminal prosecution, the state's "Stand
> Your Ground" law could potentially bolster a driver's defense in
> criminal cases if they reasonably believed they were in imminent
> danger.
>
> Oklahoma: Oklahoma has a law that protects drivers who kill or injure
> protestors while "fleeing from a riot" if they believe they were in
> danger.
>
> Iowa: Iowa has a law that provides civil immunity in certain instances
> for drivers who injure someone blocking traffic.
>
> Tennessee: Tennessee has laws that increase penalties for obstructing
> a highway or street and could allow a driver to be immune from civil
> liability if they were exercising "due care" and the protester did not
> have a permit to be in the street.
>
> Louisiana: Louisiana has a law that gives legal protection to drivers
> if they were blocking a road and "reasonably believed" they were in
> immediate danger and were trying to "retreat or escape."
>
> I don't live in an area where this sort of nonsense is tolerated, but
> if I did I would probably get one of these
> https://hornblasters.com/collections/air-horn-kits/products/psychoblasters-228v-air-horn-kit
> 121.7 dB at 3 feet