Suburban NY county considers letting police sue protesters
Source: ABC News
Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages a move civil rights activists say is payback for demonstrations after the police killing of George Floyd last year in Minneapolis.
Newsday reports that the bill being considered by the Nassau County Legislature would make police officers and other first responders a protected class under the countys Human Rights Law, which currently bars discrimination based on race, religion, gender and sexual orientation. No other professions are protected under the Human Rights Law.
The bill would allow a lawyer for the Long Island county to sue protesters on behalf of officers and calls for fines of up to $25,000 for anyone who harasses, menaces or injures an officer. The fine amount would be doubled if the offending behavior happened in the course of participating in a riot, the bill says.
Civil rights lawyer Frederick Brewington told reporters Friday that the bill violates free speech rights and, if passed, will have a chilling effect on protesters. The NAACP said it will bring members to Mondays vote.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/suburban-ny-county-considers-letting-police-sue-protesters-79191448
multigraincracker
(32,677 posts)protect citizens from cops.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)once again Cons prove who they are
Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)because discovery will be very illuminating.
Martin68
(22,801 posts)They are beginning to sound like a bunch of whiners who can't stand up for anything.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Nah...they were just on a Capitol building tour anyway
Lonestarblue
(9,988 posts)abuse their positions and murder people black people just because they can. Most people dont go to protests for no reason.
mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)Spazito
(50,338 posts)The host consensus is this OP doesn't meet the criteria of the SOP for this forum:
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The Mouth
(3,150 posts)There's no issue that justifies interfering with a firetruck or ambulance or threatening those responders.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,689 posts)I never thought having a certain job would be considered a protected class of people.