I love every time a politician introduces another bill to “make crime illegal” when they can’t think of ANY other way to make the public think they have a real or valid job in the state.
I’m reminded of the recent Florida bill that “bans airplane contrails” to appeal to the absolutely smooth-brained conspiracists. (The bill imposes a fine of tens of thousands of dollars to any company found to be spraying mind-control chemicals to turn your children into trans frogs. Take THAT Illuminati!)
i momentarily thought this was in response to the killing of Democratic lawmakrer Melissa Hortman but nope!! nothing for that lol
Minimum 30 years. Cue bully cops and judges.
There are already laws against murder. This additional virtue signalling does nothing to improve the lives of those who serve.
Maybe pay ambulance drivers and first responders and give them healthcare.
Honestly, I don’t know how I feel about this. On one side, I’m all for increasing penalties against those who bring harm to legitimate emergency service workers who are just trying to do their jobs, including cops.
On the other hand, I just see this as a tool that ends up being used against brown people who fight against ICE raids, or to drum up charges against brown people in order to justify their deportation.
It’s entirely reasonable to both support EMTs or 911 dispatchers or firefighters, and to not support ICE. These aren’t conflicting ideas, they just happen to be multiple separate things all lumped together in order to make you think they all go together.
Similarly, you can believe that some police actions are acceptable, and others (arguably most, or at least far too many in our current system) are not. If a guy is stabbing his ex to death across the street, then there needs to be some intervention from some form of law enforcement. That’s not really in question. Standing on a man’s neck for 9 minutes is obviously an entirely different thing. That’s also not in question by anyone reasonable.
You already figured it out, no need feel conflicted. This will only protect Nazis even if it could do more in theory.
