Fairfax County, Virginia takes shotguns away from police, replaces them with beanbags, and you can almost feel crime going down!

[Weatherman2020]

Leftardism in full glory!!!

Exit quote: “I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six beanbags or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself.”

Fairfax County, Virginia takes shotguns away from police, replaces them with beanbags, and you can almost feel crime going down!

Consider it the cornhole approach to crime fighting!

notthebee.com

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It won't help. Bean bags hurt.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Lisa558]

They also reduced assaulting an officer from a felony to a misdemeanor. Let’s first allow thugs to attack cops, and then make sure cops can’t defend themselves.

Libtard World.

 

[Manonthestreet]

How to increase crime 101.

 

[Weatherman2020]

How to increase crime 101.

Increasing crime is the goal of the Left so they can try to grab guns.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I was wondering about all those cornhole games popping up next to the doughnut shops.

 

[1srelluc]

I doubt seriously if that is the case.

LTL shotguns may augment their cruiser load-out but I doubt they replaced them. That and they have have had ARs for years in addition to their duty sidearm.

 

[1srelluc]

They also reduced assaulting an officer from a felony to a misdemeanor. Let’s first allow thugs to attack cops, and then make sure cops can’t defend themselves.

Libtard World.

Cite?

Still a class 6 felony in Virginia as best as I can tell.

Common Offenses You May Be Charged With for Assaulting a Law Enforcement Officer

Have you been charged with assaulting a police officer in Virginia? You may be facing serious felony charges with a mandatory prison sentence.

www.greenspunlaw.com

 

[Lisa558]

Cite?

Still a class 6 felony in Virginia as best as I can tell.

Common Offenses You May Be Charged With for Assaulting a Law Enforcement Officer

Have you been charged with assaulting a police officer in Virginia? You may be facing serious felony charges with a mandatory prison sentence.

www.greenspunlaw.com

I need to be more specific.

While the charge is a felony, a new law allows a judge to reduce it to a misdemeanor if the cop is not injured. So IOW, if a thug assaults a cop but the cop successfully defends himself, the thug can get away with just a misdemeanor charge and no jail.

Fairfax is very liberal and thus has taken an anti-cop attitude where the sympathy lies more with the thug.

Virginia Senate approves proposal to allow reduced penalty for assaulting police

The Virginia Senate passed a measure Wednesday that gives judges and juries the discretion to reduce the charge for assaulting law enforcement officers from a felony to a misdemeanor if the officer…

www.wric.com

 

[1srelluc]

I need to be more specific.

While the charge is a felony, a new law allows a judge to reduce it to a misdemeanor if the cop is not injured. So IOW, if a thug assaults a cop but the cop successfully defends himself, the thug can get away with just a misdemeanor charge and no jail.

Fairfax is very liberal and thus has taken an anti-cop attitude where the sympathy lies more with the thug.

Virginia Senate approves proposal to allow reduced penalty for assaulting police

The Virginia Senate passed a measure Wednesday that gives judges and juries the discretion to reduce the charge for assaulting law enforcement officers from a felony to a misdemeanor if the officer…

www.wric.com

It looks like the Bill failed and never became law:

Virginia bill allowing assaulting a police officer to be a misdemeanor fails

Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday killed legislation that called for eliminating mandatory jail time for assaulting a police officer, a bill that drew heated opposition from Republicans who said it would send the wrong message at a time when law enforcement has come under attack during nationwide...

www.wsls.com

I can't find were it was taken up again, correct me if I'm wrong.

But I see where you are coming from.....It's up to the grand jury to either kick the felony charge out altogether or let it go to trial as it is. There is no middle ground possible the GJ can take.

Cops often us the charge as a catch all for even the slightest physical altercation with a suspect.

One such charge we "no billed" when I was on a GJ was when a cop stood in front of a car door and when he told a DUI suspect to exit the vehicle the cop fell over his feet backing-up as the door opened.....The cop was not injured. He charged the DUI suspect with assault anyway which was total BS. Hell, the drunk even helped the officer to his feet!

Yeah, NOtVA is chock full of liberal shitstains but the housefraus do like their law and order and fund their JBTs to the hilt. If you ever cross a Fairfax County cop you will see exactly what I mean.

Just compare the crime rates in DC to those across any bridge out of DC and into Virginia. 2100' and the crime rate drops almost four-fold.