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North Carolina lawmakers have approved significantly stiffer punishments for rioters. This is the second such bill in three years, which first was drafted in response to the 2020 destructive riots following the death of George Floyd, a thug-turned martyr for the left.
House Bill 40 now needs Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, to sign it, but the leftist had vetoed a similar bill which was approved by the Republican-controlled General Assembly in 2021. However, the GOP gained enough seats to override Cooper's veto if only one House Democrat votes for the bill and the Republicans stand united.
[H/T Fox News]
However, six House Democrats, including a chief sponsor of the bill, voted in support of the measure last month. In the Senate, lawmakers passed the bill with a 27-16 vote – first-term Sen. Mary Wills Bode, the only Democrat with balls, was the only Democrat to vote in favor.
The Associated Press reported that social justice and civil rights advocates have consistently pushed back on the measures, probably because it stops Black Lives Matter rioters and other rioting leftists, from destroying what they have the right to destroy due to centuries of repression and stuff like that.
Jordan Monaghan, a spokesperson for the governor, said Cooper "has worked to increase public safety and protect constitutional rights, and he will review this legislation." When he vetoed the bill in 2021, he deemed it "unnecessary" and said it is "intended to intimidate and deter people from exercising their constitutional rights to peacefully protest."
The bill does not interfere with peaceful protests, as guaranteed in the First Amendment, but will drop the hammer down on rioters who damage property and perpetrate violence.
House Speaker Tim Moore voted for the bill both times it had been proposed and pointed out that North Carolina's current laws were useless in preventing rioting and looting in downtown Raleigh in June 2020. Last Thursday Moore urged the governor to sign the "commonsense bill into law without delay." But the chances of most Democrats having common sense is on par with winning the lottery without having purchased a ticket.
However, six House Democrats, including a chief sponsor of the bill, voted in support of the measure last month. In the Senate, lawmakers passed the bill with a 27-16 vote – first-term Sen. Mary Wills Bode, the only Democrat with balls, was the only Democrat to vote in favor.
The Associated Press reported that social justice and civil rights advocates have consistently pushed back on the measures, probably because it stops Black Lives Matter rioters and other rioting leftists, from destroying what they have the right to destroy due to centuries of repression and stuff like that.
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| CNN: "Mostly peaceful protests" |
Sen. Danny Britt (R) of Robeson County, said on the Senate floor that the bill only targets "violent actors" causing mayhem, and not those peacefully demonstrating. But Democrats know that it will result in targeting most of the "demonstrators" if they're members of BLM or Antifa, because they come with weapons and they come to destroy.
Other opponents say the language is too broad and laws addressing rioting are already in place, but those laws proved to be as useless as Pete Buttigieg at a train derailment.
Sen. Natalie Murdock, a Durham County Democrat, said the bill "doubles down on the punitive system that created the scars of mass incarceration that we’re still dealing with today," and blah, blah, blah.
Sen. Natalie Murdock, a Durham County Democrat, said the bill "doubles down on the punitive system that created the scars of mass incarceration that we’re still dealing with today," and blah, blah, blah.
Putting criminals in jail has decreased the number of crimes where that is happening, for some reason.
Murdock also said it will only "stifle free speech, criminalize protest and erode our First Amendment freedoms," in spite of the fact that it will actually enhance free speech of counter-protesters, which she never considered.
Jordan Monaghan, a spokesperson for the governor, said Cooper "has worked to increase public safety and protect constitutional rights, and he will review this legislation." When he vetoed the bill in 2021, he deemed it "unnecessary" and said it is "intended to intimidate and deter people from exercising their constitutional rights to peacefully protest."
The AP said the new bill would increase punishments already in place [that are rarely upheld when the Democrats are in power] for the crimes of those willfully participating in a riot or inciting one to cover more severe circumstances like brandishing a weapon or causing serious bodily injury. Rioters who cause a death or rioters who incite rioting that contributes to a death would face harsher punishment and assaults on emergency personnel would also result in higher felony sentencing.
The bill would also force rioters who destroy property during protests to have consequences to their behavior, like big boys and girls, and pay for any damages they created. This would obviously help business and property owners to recoup their losses and perhaps make the rioters who seek to destroy, think twice. It might even help lower insurance premiums.
Finally, those accused of rioting would have a 24-hour 'time out' before their bond and pretrial release rules are set. This would allow them time to think about what they had done, the impact their behavior had on others, and a lesson on how to act like a grownup.
North Carolina would be the tenth state to pass similar laws since the 2020 riots, if the bill is signed into law, according to the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law.
The question is, what are the Democrats so afraid of by passing a law that doesn't violate the rights of anyone involved in a riot, but punishes those who violate the rights of others? Those characters must be their voting base.
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