OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The president of the Oklahoma 2nd Modification Affiliation is standing behind a meme a few controversial invoice he posted on Fb over the weekend, that some are calling malicious.
“The meme was like, it’s actual easy, get out of the highway, get out of the best way, otherwise you’re gonna get run over, presumably in an act of self-defense,” Don Spencer, President of the Oklahoma 2nd Modification Affiliation, stated.
Spencer is standing behind a meme he posted on Fb over the weekend.
It reads, “Coming this Christmas. New Hasbro ‘Peaceable Protest’ Motion Set” and exhibits a toy automobile working over toy motion figures.
“When you’re going to unlawfully block a roadway, threaten individuals, I don’t take into account {that a} joke,” Spencer stated.
His put up was in response to Governor Stitt signing HB 1674 final week. The invoice prevents drivers from going through prison expenses, or being held civilly liable, in the event that they unintentionally kill or injure somebody throughout a riot.
“When you’re unlawfully blocking the highway, and also you encompass a automobile and the occupants inside, this regulation merely states that the automobile can now be thought of a defensive weapon to flee from that scenario,” Spencer stated.
T. Sheri Dickerson, Director of BLM OKC, informed Information 4 she feels the invoice is a sanction of homicide.
“I want our governor didn’t solidify the truth that he and his ilk, which uphold the methods of white supremacy, had been simply so useless set, pun meant, on endangering lives of people who find themselves merely saying cease killing us,” she stated.
Dickerson stated when she noticed the meme Spencer posted, she wasn’t shocked.
“I take into account the supply. Don Spencer has been constant in his vile habits, in his statements and possibly that’s his job,” she stated.
“These so-called activists, which truly, apparently are eager to justify a riot, haven’t any humorousness,” Spencer stated in response.
Over the weekend, Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, tweeted at Governor Stitt about his signing of the invoice, “That is horrible, @GovStitt. You tweeted in honor of my father on #MLKDAY. You quoted his phrases.”
Stitt despatched Information 4 this assertion in response: “We despatched a message that Oklahoma won’t tolerate rioters who threaten the protection of regulation abiding residents. I stay unequivocally dedicated to defending each Oklahoman’s First Modification proper to peacefully protest in addition to their proper to really feel secure of their neighborhood.”
“He’s simply legalizing homicide and damage to his constituency,” Dickerson stated.
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