Oklahoma
Related: About this forumOklahoma bill aims to hold employers liable for paid protesters damages
OKLAHOMA CITY A lawmaker is pushing for a state law that would hold special interest groups and employers liable for the behavior of any protesters theyve hired.
State Rep. Mark McBrides measure comes as suspicions flare nationwide that special interest groups are paying people to disrupt congressional town halls or impede pipeline projects.
If you are a paid protester and you come to Oklahoma or you live here and you cause destruction of public or private property
were going to hold the person that paid you responsible for the damages because they are your employer, said McBride, R-Moore.
McBride acknowledged it might be a challenge to prove which of the protesters are actually being paid.
While theres been no sign that protesters-for-hire have infiltrated Oklahoma yet, McBride said his measure is a proactive one, particularly as some people have already threatened to protest the construction of the 440-mile Diamond Pipeline, which will one-day transport crude oil from Oklahoma to Tennessee.
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marybourg
(13,200 posts)of their employees while carrying out the employer's business. So what would they need this law for?
A big donor told him that protesters are being paid. I mean, why would anyone protest anything that's going on in this country now if they weren't being paid?
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Predicated on FB fake news meme that George Soros recruits and employs professional protesters...
Mickju
(1,812 posts)I do believe we have the stupidest state legislature in the country. With all the problems they need to address they come up with this garbage. And this is far from the stupidest thing they have proposed.