Lawmakers want to make attacks on police, firefighters, others, a hate crime

[TexasTowelie]

Three former law enforcement officers-turned-senators are the prime movers behind a proposal that would make attacks on uniformed personnel a hate crime.

“It sends a very clear message,” GOP Southern Tier Sen. Fred Akshar, a former Broome County undersheriff, said of the proposal which they call the “Community Heroes Protection Act.”

Also sponsoring the measure are GOP Senators Pat Gallivan, a former Erie County Sheriff and former NYPD officer Marty Golden.

As well as police, the measure would apply to attacks on firefighters, EMTs and corrections officers — all of who make up the ”uniformed” part of the state payroll.

Read more: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/271727/lawmakers-want-to-make-attacks-on-police-firefighters-etc-a-hate-crime/

[HassleCat]

1. What about the rest of us?

I guess we're not special enough.