Louisiana Lawmakers Wants To Make It A Hate Crime To Attack A Cop

[basquebromance]

blue lives matter!

Louisiana Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Hate Crime To Attack A Cop

 

[WillowTree]

I agree with them. Police officers are now being targeted for murder because of the false rhetoric that cops kill blacks because they are black. Thanks to the leftists progressive anti American bullshit the democrats spew.

 

[Auld Phart]

Far as I'm concerned, anyone attacking anyone, with the possibility of death happening, is a hate crime

 

[SuperDemocrat]

blue lives matter!

Louisiana Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Hate Crime To Attack A Cop

Isn't it awesome to make liberals stew in their own crap that they created.

 

[Agit8r]

Derp, derp, derp. Cue the banjos.

Or whatever inbreds listen to 'round them parts.

 

[WildBillKelsoe]

Derp, derp, derp. Cue the banjos.

Or whatever inbreds listen to 'round them parts.

Bigot

 

[waltky]

Targeting officers and firefighters is now a hate crime in Louisiana...

Louisiana Becomes First State to Make Targeting Officers a Hate Crime
May 27, 2016 - The legislation, which has been dubbed the "Blue Lives Matter" law, expands the state hate crime law and ultimately increase penalties for crimes targeting law enforcement and firefighters.

The legislation, which has been dubbed the "Blue Lives Matter" law expands the state hate crime law and ultimately increase penalties for certain crimes that target law enforcement and firefighters in Louisiana, including assault and arson. It passed the Legislature with little resistance, According to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, no state has gone so far as to include law enforcement or firefighters among protected classes in hate crime laws.

Under Louisiana's hate crime statute, people convicted of felonies against protected classes face an additional five years in prison and up to $5,000 fine. In misdemeanor cases, the hate crime statute increases penalties by $500 or up to six months in prison. Those increased penalties will now be extended for any victim who is targeted based upon his or her actual or perceived employment as a law enforcement officer or firefighter. Critics of such efforts have argued that hate crime laws traditionally have been reserved for traits like race, gender, religion, nationality or sexual orientation, and aren't meant to be extended to occupations.

Under current Louisiana law, hate crime charges can be brought in some criminal cases in which the victim is targeted based on race, age, gender, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, creed, sexual orientation or organizational affiliation. Edwards, whose family includes several law enforcement members, said that he saw value in extending such protections. "The men and women who put their lives on the line every day, often under very dangerous circumstances are true heroes and they deserve every protection that we can give them," Edwards, a Democrat, said in a statement. "They serve and protect our communities and our families. The overarching message is that hate crimes will not be tolerated in Louisiana."

Supporters of the push have pointed to high-profile attacks on police and firefighters as evidence for its need, but it also serves as a controversial counter to the "Black Lives Matter" advocacy effort that has drawn attention to violence against African-Americans, particularly at the hands of law enforcement. The New Orleans Chapter of Black Youth Project 100 said in a statement that its members were disappointed in Edwards' decision to sign the legislation into law. "There is absolutely no reason to include the police under hate crime protections, no one is targeting them. But Black women, girls, femmes and transgender people are being targeted everyday including by the police," BYP100 New Orleans chapter Anneke DunbarGronke said in the statement.

Louisiana Becomes First State to Make Targeting Officers a Hate Crime

 

[easyt65]

Far as I'm concerned, anyone attacking anyone, with the possibility of death happening, is a hate crime

No kidding, as in I agree. When's the last time someone attacked anyone out of friendship?!

 

[ptbw forever]

Targeting officers and firefighters is now a hate crime in Louisiana...

Louisiana Becomes First State to Make Targeting Officers a Hate Crime
May 27, 2016 - The legislation, which has been dubbed the "Blue Lives Matter" law, expands the state hate crime law and ultimately increase penalties for crimes targeting law enforcement and firefighters.

The legislation, which has been dubbed the "Blue Lives Matter" law expands the state hate crime law and ultimately increase penalties for certain crimes that target law enforcement and firefighters in Louisiana, including assault and arson. It passed the Legislature with little resistance, According to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, no state has gone so far as to include law enforcement or firefighters among protected classes in hate crime laws.

Under Louisiana's hate crime statute, people convicted of felonies against protected classes face an additional five years in prison and up to $5,000 fine. In misdemeanor cases, the hate crime statute increases penalties by $500 or up to six months in prison. Those increased penalties will now be extended for any victim who is targeted based upon his or her actual or perceived employment as a law enforcement officer or firefighter. Critics of such efforts have argued that hate crime laws traditionally have been reserved for traits like race, gender, religion, nationality or sexual orientation, and aren't meant to be extended to occupations.

Under current Louisiana law, hate crime charges can be brought in some criminal cases in which the victim is targeted based on race, age, gender, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, creed, sexual orientation or organizational affiliation. Edwards, whose family includes several law enforcement members, said that he saw value in extending such protections. "The men and women who put their lives on the line every day, often under very dangerous circumstances are true heroes and they deserve every protection that we can give them," Edwards, a Democrat, said in a statement. "They serve and protect our communities and our families. The overarching message is that hate crimes will not be tolerated in Louisiana."

Supporters of the push have pointed to high-profile attacks on police and firefighters as evidence for its need, but it also serves as a controversial counter to the "Black Lives Matter" advocacy effort that has drawn attention to violence against African-Americans, particularly at the hands of law enforcement. The New Orleans Chapter of Black Youth Project 100 said in a statement that its members were disappointed in Edwards' decision to sign the legislation into law. "There is absolutely no reason to include the police under hate crime protections, no one is targeting them. But Black women, girls, femmes and transgender people are being targeted everyday including by the police," BYP100 New Orleans chapter Anneke DunbarGronke said in the statement.

Louisiana Becomes First State to Make Targeting Officers a Hate Crime

Hopefully this happens in Kentucky too.

Maybe we can eventually get hate crime laws to include white people as a whole because of this.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right...

... us white folks is gettin' to be...

... an endangered species."

 

[ptbw forever]

Granny says, "Dat's right...

... us white folks is gettin' to be...

... an endangered species."

I have only ever heard black people talk like that, and I actually know a few rednecks.

 

[waltky]

Ya know any Cajuns?

 

[ptbw forever]

Ya know any Cajuns?

Not many of those in Northern Kentucky.

 

[candycorn]

blue lives matter!

Louisiana Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Hate Crime To Attack A Cop

I agree with them. Wish it were federal law.

But then again, I wish all gun crimes were federal crimes.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

“The explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement and its discussion of racist policing ignited a media firestorm suggesting the activists had inspired a slew of police officer killings. Activists have repeatedly explained that the movement is not anti-police, but a reaction to a historical reality that African Americans are systematically targeted and discriminated against by law enforcement.

There’s also no evidence to support the idea that there’s a war on cops. Data shows that the number of police officer deaths is actually on the decline. A 2014 report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) found that the average number of killings of police has been dropping since 1973 and reached a record lows in 2013. The number of firearm killings increased slightly in 2014 and 2015, but were still below the decade average.”

Consequently, this is more about political theater and partisan grandstanding than a good faith effort to protect the lives of law enforcement officers, as well as an unwarranted attack on the BLM movement incorrectly perceived to be ‘anti-cop,’ when in fact nothing could be further from the truth.

Given the fact that the killing of law enforcement officers is decreasing, and that there are already in existence enhanced sentencing guidelines when law enforcement officers are attacked or killed, the notion of making crimes against police officers a ‘hate’ crime is more about unjustified animosity toward Black Lives Matter than a concern for the welfare of sworn officers.

 

[Agit8r]

Note to self; never go to the fascist state of Louisiana.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

while we are at it, lets make it a hate crime when some people will go to Wendys/Arbys instead of McDonalds,,,,,such racists!!!

 

[Wyatt earp]

blue lives matter!

Louisiana Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Hate Crime To Attack A Cop

Fucking stupid, all hate laws are, we already have laws on the books that cover that.