Howard Fischer
A state senator wants the Legislature to pass a law to lock up, or at least fine, those who get in the way of Arizonans on the road.And that doesn’t mean a tourist driving 35 on a 65 mph stretch of freeway, which already is illegal.Republican Sen. John Kavanagh of Fountain Hills wants to make it a felony for protesters to block a highway, bridge or tunnel for more than 15 minutes after they’ve been told to leave. His measure would make it a Class 6 felony, which carries as presumptive sentence of a year in state prison.He said the idea came to him while he was watching a television news report on protesters who blocked the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge going into San Francisco for about four hours by laying down. They were demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.Why they were doing it is irrelevant, Kavanagh said.
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“No restrooms (were available); a couple of vehicles had organs that were supposed to be going to a place for a transplant,” he said.As it is now, Arizona’s general statute about blocking traffic makes an “inconvenience or hazard” a Class 2 misdemeanor, punishable by up to four months in the county jail and a $750 fine. Kavanagh said that’s insufficient.
Sen. John Kavanagh
Howard Fischer, Arizona Capitol Media Services
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