XPost: misc.survivalism, misc.legal, alt.politics.liberalism   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: klausschadenfreude@null.net   
      
   On Thu, 18 May 2017 20:22:02 -0400, "Scout"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   >"nospam"  wrote in message   
   >news:180520170137311372%nospam@nospam.invalid...   
   >> In article   
   >> , Siri   
   >> Cruise  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> > > In California vehicles yield the right of way to pedestrians   
   >>> > > regardless   
   >>> > > of   
   >>> > > whether the pedestrians are making a legal crossing.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > that might be what the law says, but anyone who steps in front of a   
   >>> > moving vehicle which shows no signs of slowing down is not going to   
   >>> > enjoy the outcome.   
   >>>   
   >>> Actual protesters obstruct traffic in a way that the cars have enough   
   >>> time to   
   >>> see them and stop.   
   >>   
   >> you were talking about jaywalking.   
   >>   
   >> the entire goal of protesters is to shut down roads and inconvenience   
   >> innocent drivers who just want to go to work or home or wherever it is   
   >> they're going. some of them attack the drivers who insist on getting   
   >> past their crap.   
   >   
   >Further, it should be noted that obstructing traffic to the point of   
   >shutting down a road can readily be foreseen to result in traffic accidents,   
   >and thus damage, injury and possibly death.   
   >   
   >As such, the protestors could be held legally liable for ALL of   
   >that....including any injury, or death that resulted from their attempt to   
   >obstruct traffic.   
   >   
   >Being a pedestrian does NOT mean you can obstruct traffic. Nor does it   
   >absolve you of your responsibilities to prevent dangerous situations and not   
   >to knowingly place yourself into danger.   
      
      
   Particularly when they obstruct traffic with no other purpose OTHER   
   THAN obstructing traffic, violating the civil rights of others,   
   preventing emergency vehicles, etc. etc. etc.   
      
   >As such a defense of your acting in willful criminal negligence is certainly   
   >a reasonable defense for anyone having struck you.   
      
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