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Renee Good wasn’t some innocent bystander: she was a progressive left-wing activist who got shot in the face when she used her car to ram into an ICE agent on January 7. The city was embroiled in mayhem, with the liberal media and local Democrats fanning the flames of what arguably were calls for domestic terrorism. Good and others are known for following ICE vehicles around as they enforce immigration laws, disrupting their operations.
In Georgia, they’re trying to prevent that, prevent a ‘Renee Good’ situation, and liberals are likely going to go nuts over it (via Atlanta Journal-Constitution): Renee Good died last month in Minneapolis after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer shot her during an encounter while she was in her vehicle. Now, Republicans in Georgia are working to make it a felony to use a vehicle to obstruct police operations.
Supporters say the legislation, House Bill 1076, is rooted in a pattern of problems across the nation. But critics see it as a rash reaction that could hinder people’s right to protest.
People can already be charged with a felony in Georgia if they use a vehicle as a weapon that harms or kills someone. But the bill by state Rep. Ginny Ehrhart would go further by making any obstruction a felony, including by stationary vehicles.
Ehrhart says confrontations between police and drivers are dangerous to begin with, and her goal is to make the penalties so high that it prevents them from happening in the first place.
Look, the left loves to turn these incidents into martyr sagas faster than you can say "mostly peaceful protest." Renee Good wasn't just out for a leisurely drive that fateful January day in Minneapolis. She allegedly decided to weaponize her vehicle against a federal agent doing his job, and now the usual suspects are clutching pearls over accountability. Georgia Republicans, bless their pragmatic hearts, are looking at this mess and saying, "Not on our watch." House Bill 1076 is straightforward common sense: if you're going to block cops with your car, moving or parked like a stubborn mule, you're looking at felony charges. Up to five years and a hefty fine ought to get the message across without anyone needing to fire a shot.
The critics are already whining about how this might chill the sacred right to protest. Please. There's a big difference between holding a sign and turning your SUV into a battering ram. If the mere threat of real consequences stops one more would-be vehicular vigilante from escalating things to a deadly confrontation, then mission accomplished. Ehrhart gets it. These situations are inherently dangerous, and the best way to keep everyone safe is to crank the deterrence dial way up before someone ends up dead or in cuffs.
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The libs will scream "fascism" and "authoritarianism" because that's their default setting these days. But sane people understand that law enforcement shouldn't have to play dodgeball with cars just because some activist feels like channeling their inner Mad Max. Georgia is drawing a line in the sand here, and good for them. If that sends the outrage brigade into full meltdown mode, well, that's just the sound of progress.
