From HB 3133, launched Tuesday by Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey:
Any one that:
1. Is of Hispanic descent residing inside the state of Oklahoma;
2. Is a member of a felony road gang as such time period is outlined in subsection F of Part 856 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
3. Has been convicted of a gang-related offense enumerated in paragraphs one (1) via sixteen (16) of subsection F of Part 856 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be deemed to have dedicated an act of terrorism as such time period is outlined in Part 1268.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Any and all property, together with actual property and private property, conveyances, together with plane, automobiles or vessels, monies, cash and forex, or different instrumentality used or meant for use, in any method or half, by stated individual shall be topic to forfeiture as offered in Part 1738 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Although I do not assume it is significantly useful to conflate “criminal street gang” membership (dangerous as it’s) with terrorism, a state could certainly achieve this, and should authorize forfeiture of devices of crime as nicely (topic to the same old procedural constraints relevant to forfeiture). However a state definitely could not arrange totally different guidelines for felony road gangs run by Hispanics, by whites, by blacks, by Asians, or by every other ethnic or racial group.
Rep. Humphrey has apologized, and stated he would change the language to “undocumented illegals.” However it’s arduous to see the express ethnic classification within the authentic invoice as simply an harmless mistake.
