Kemp signs "Police Protection Bill" (GA Gov.)

[Werk 13,166]

GA Gov. Brian Kemp signs "Police Protection Bill"

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed into law a new measure providing additional legal protections to police officers, a step that critics say is flawed and out of step with nationwide efforts to make officers more accountable for their actions.

House Bill 838 creates a new crime: bias-motivated intimidation, which would apply to the death or serious bodily injury of a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical technician. The crime would also apply any time someone causes more than $500 in damage to property owned by police, firefighters or emergency medical technicians because of “actual or perceived employment as a first responder.”

“House Bill 838 is a step forward as we work to protect those who are risking their lives to protect us,” Kemp said in a statement Wednesday after he signed the measure. “While some vilify, target, and attack our men and women in uniform for personal or political gain, this legislation is a clear reminder that Georgia is a state that unapologetically backs the blue.”

The crime is punishable by one to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. The measure says the sentence must be stacked atop any other criminal conviction and can’t be served at the same time and that each violation must be a separate crime. That could lead to long sentences for violations such as vandalism aimed at officers.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-governor-signs-police-protection-measure-into-law

[Bling 31,680]

How about a bill for all the black and POC who have been assaulted or killed by police?

[Chic 20,830]

Cops are not more special than other people.

[Reginald 13,841]

     

[Bt1 5,213]

So I guess blue states will reduce those protections and red states will give more protections? I guess they want to keep that balance.