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A new state bill would make it a hate crime to use physical force on
a police officer—and its chief sponsor argued the past two years of
Black Lives Matter demonstrations have made cops a target for violence.
Assemblyman Ronald Castorina, a Staten Island Republican, will debut a
“Blue Lives Matter” bill tomorrow with his GOP colleagues. The measure
would extend existing hate crime statutes—which currently only apply to
attacks based on race, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and
national origin—to cops as a class.
In an interview with the Observer, Castorina highlighted the recent
assassinations of cops in Baton Rouge and Dallas, as well as the
killings of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos
in 2014, as evidence police have become victimized as a profession. He
also cited instances of violence against law enforcement at
demonstrations, such as the assault on two officers patrolling a protest on the Brooklyn Bridge two years ago.
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Source: Observer and the Empire Report
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