{"id":4621,"date":"2025-06-29T22:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:47:19","slug":"ron-desantis-faces-criticism-over-protest-related-policy-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=4621","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Faces Criticism Over Protest-Related Policy Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During a June 11, 2025 appearance on&nbsp;<em>The Rubin Report<\/em>, Governor DeSantis referenced Florida\u2019s HB1 law, which was passed in 2021 and includes provisions related to public demonstrations and road safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf someone surrounds your vehicle and you believe your life is at risk, you can get out\u2014even if someone gets hurt,\u201d DeSantis said, citing the law\u2019s self-defense protections for drivers caught in potentially dangerous crowd situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HB1 does allow for civil immunity in specific circumstances where a driver is trying to escape a riot and believes their life is in danger. However, legal experts quickly pointed out that the law does&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;provide blanket immunity. Drivers may still face criminal charges\u2014such as reckless driving or assault\u2014if the incident is deemed excessive or unjustified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a June 11, 2025 appearance on&nbsp;The Rubin Report, Governor DeSantis referenced Florida\u2019s HB1 law, which was passed in 2021 and includes provisions related to public demonstrations&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4622,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621\/revisions\/4622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}