If you need to ‘flee for your safety.’
'You don't have to sit there and just be a sitting duck.'
Pedestrian right of way only goes so far in the “Free State of Florida.”
Particularly when the non-drivers are obstructing traffic.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is extending “stand your ground” to the roadway, saying that if people feel threatened by protesters while driving, they have the right to run them over to get to safety via what he calls a “zero-tolerance policy.”
“And we also have a policy that if you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you. You don’t have to sit there and just be a sitting duck and let the mob grab you out of your car and drag you through the streets. You have a right to defend yourself in Florida,” DeSantis told friendly interviewer Dave Rubin on Wednesday.
As has been the case all week, DeSantis weighed in on the riots in Los Angeles, explaining in great detail why Florida will not tolerate civil disobedience, such as that seen in California, including during protests expected this weekend.
“They’re supposedly going to do demonstrations all over the country, so we’ll see what they do in Florida. We already have our state resources on alert. They will be deployed as needed,” DeSantis said.
“People can always choose to do the wrong thing, even in Florida. The difference is in Florida, you ain’t just getting a slap on the wrist like they do in Portland, and you go right back on the street. You’re going to end up in the inside of a jail cell, and you will be held accountable. So we will do everything within our authority to bring people to justice.”
Can we drive up onto the sidewalk to run them over if the are able to avoid me by doing that?
ReplyDeleteYeah, all you have to do is to claim that you were going on the sidewalk to avoid them and they jumped in front of the truck to try and block you. It would help to spill some water on the front of your pants to show them how scared and nervous you were.
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