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.
Capital crime deserves capital punishment, you kill a cop the state kills you. Simple.
such aloss!
Fear for their lives daily?
These folk have a more dangerous job according to the Bureau of Labor stats and anyone who has ever watched “Deadliest Catch” should know the real danger of crab fishing.
The “war on police” is a myth. If anything, the war is on we the people since terrorists have only killed 26 Americans since 9/11 but police gunned down or literally beat to death over 7,000 Americans since 9/11 and the police are the ones who need protection?
James Osborne
These days search for “The counted” an effort to keep track independent of govt by the Guardian.
Jerry Deaton the media and our government is all about money and power! Obama has only caused the problems we are having everywhere !
I BELIEVE THAT ANYONE THAT KILLS A POLICE OFFICE DESERVES THE DEATH PENELTY.ONLY ONE APPEAL ALLOWED.
There are similar efforts by sayhername and others who I don’t remember atm.
About time
It’s nice to know though the public scrutiny isn’t just being ignored. I wonder with all these cases that judges review of police brutality or wrongful death wouldn’t they consider extending the time a police officer spends in three academy so they don’t feel as threatened all the time And feel the need to shoot first and ask later?
So when they murder civilians. What crime is that??? As of right now it is no crime.