Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., introduced a bill in Congress that would make it a hate crime to target a police officer. Dubbed the Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016, the bill would expand the federal hate crime statute to include law enforcement officers who are targeted for acts of violence because of their jobs.
Buck said that the law would provide federal prosecutors an extra measure of authority in cases in which police are gunned downed and ambushed in the line of duty. “It would work the same way as existing hate-crime laws do which allow federal prosecutors to bring additional charges in cases in which victims are targeted for violent crime because of their background.”
Go to the next page for the outcome of the Blue Lives Matter bill.
The “war on police” is a myth just as “they’ve got the most dangerous job of :protecting’ us!”
From Bureau of Labor stats…
The fact is, since 9/11, 26 Americans have allegedly been killed by terrorists.
In the same time frame, police have gunned down over 7,000 Americans.
Who are Americans taught by media to fear? Terrorists.
Who are Americans taught by the same media to idolize and worship? The police who have killed more Americans than terrorists and more than the number of soldiers killed in Iraq!
And they are the ones you want to give special protections?
Police now steal more from Americans than burglars!
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/american-cops-steal-property-burglars-combined/
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/american-cops-steal-property-burglars-combined/
Jerry I would like to know where you got your information
You think this might be anything other than a Hate Crime? You need to tie up Congress with that? Who wipes your$#%&!@*everyday?
Sandra,
Have you ever considered that those in BLM, both black and white, are tired of being human targets for police and their abuse?
Only 26 Americans have been allegedly killed by terrorists since 9/11.
In that time, police have gunned down over 7,000 Americans!
And police are the ones you want protected?
From the standpoint of Constitutional freedom and liberty, you’re doing the equivalent of supporting$#%&!@*s Gestapo and brown shirts while thinking “if you don’t want trouble with police, don’t break the law, Anne Frank! Don’t be evil, thug, criminals, Jews, and you want have to worry about the police!”
You know what’s sad Melinda Wilkey is its hard to put an actual number to citizen homicides by police because they were not keeping track. Just think how many people die in police custody or supposedly suicide.
Why don’t we make it a hate crime for ANYONE OF ANY COLOR ….INCLUDING BLACK… to say or do anything against anybody for any reason…. that ought to level the playing field…..
Ought to make it a hanging offense