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Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers
« on: July 01, 2020, 12:01:27 pm »
 Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers

 
Aaron Colen

Democrats in the Virginia state Senate have proposed reducing the charge for assaulting a police officer from a felony to a misdemeanor as a part of a broader police reform agenda, according to the Fort Hunt Herald.

Currently, assaulting a police officer is a Class 6 felony that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of six months of confinement. The Democrats' proposal would "defelonize" the offense and make it only a misdemeanor.

"The deaths of Floyd, [Ahmaud] Arbery and [Breonna] Taylor have awoken Americans and Virginians to long-standing problems in policing in America," Virginia Senate Democrats said in a statement. "After people are arrested, additional damage is done by a criminal justice system that has been streamlined to produce convictions and punishment instead of rehabilitation and justice."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/virginia-democrats-criminal-penalty-assaulting-cops
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Re: Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2020, 12:41:33 pm »
Time to abandon ship...
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Re: Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2020, 01:14:47 pm »
Quote from: EdinVA on July 01, 2020, 12:41:33 pm
Time to abandon ship...
Perhaps it's time for a mutiny, instead...
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Re: Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2020, 06:03:56 pm »
I guess that would be fine, lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers so long as there
is no penalty for a police officer reacting to personal attack emptying a clip into the assaultant
to stop the assault.
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Re: Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2020, 10:23:22 pm »
This is just... well, it's just amazin'.

Next up:
Lowered penalties for assault and rape when the perpetrator is "of color" and the victim is... white.

We are approaching a future in which "persons of color" who commit serious crimes will face few penalties at all, and if convicted will serve little or no jail time since they are "of the oppressed".

At the same time, a white who so utters a disparaging word about race or anything at all that "offends" those of color will face jail terms of years for merely speaking out.

And even though the death penalty will have been abolished for "those of color", it will still be imposed upon whites for "racist" crimes and behavior.

Disagree?
See the title line of this thread.
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Re: Virginia Democrats propose lowering criminal penalty for assaulting police officers
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2021, 01:13:10 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on July 01, 2020, 10:23:22 pm
This is just... well, it's just amazin'.

Next up:
Lowered penalties for assault and rape when the perpetrator is "of color" and the victim is... white.

We are approaching a future in which "persons of color" who commit serious crimes will face few penalties at all, and if convicted will serve little or no jail time since they are "of the oppressed".

At the same time, a white who so utters a disparaging word about race or anything at all that "offends" those of color will face jail terms of years for merely speaking out.

And even though the death penalty will have been abolished for "those of color", it will still be imposed upon whites for "racist" crimes and behavior.

Disagree?
See the title line of this thread.

@Fishrrman


"Approaching"?????

We are already there,and have been for several years.
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