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Senate Passes Bill Making the Harassment of a Police Officer a Crime
New York State Senate ^ | 6 Jun 2013

Posted on 06/06/2013 5:11:25 PM PDT by mandaladon

The New York State Senate today passed a bill that creates the crime of aggravated harassment of a police or peace officer. The bill (S.2402), sponsored by Senator Joe Griffo (R-C-I, Rome) would make it a felony to harass, annoy, or threaten a police officer while on duty.

“Our system of laws is established to protect the foundations of our society,” Senator Griffo said. “Police officers who risk their lives every day in our cities and on our highways deserve every possible protection, and those who treat them with disrespect, harass them and create situations that can lead to injuries deserve to pay a price for their actions.”

The bill establishes this crime as a Class E Felony, punishable by up to four years in prison.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysenate.gov ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; harasspolice; harrasspolice; ny
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We are becoming more and more like the old USSR.
1 posted on 06/06/2013 5:11:25 PM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

The agents of evil are removing the veneer.


2 posted on 06/06/2013 5:13:47 PM PDT by DarkWaters ("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
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To: mandaladon

Whose definitions of harass and “annoy” is the Gestapo going to use? This looks like a real revenue raiser to me. Those politicians are smart.


3 posted on 06/06/2013 5:14:47 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
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To: mandaladon

This pretty much gives the cops the right to beat the crap out of anyone. FUNY.


4 posted on 06/06/2013 5:14:53 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: mandaladon

it is because of these things i dont care when cops die


5 posted on 06/06/2013 5:15:38 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: mandaladon

If the cops now have the right not to be annoyed, who will be the next to be granted this right?


6 posted on 06/06/2013 5:16:29 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: mandaladon

This is the back door to outlawing the filming of police activity. It’ll take one judge to rule that filming is interfering is annoying the police.


7 posted on 06/06/2013 5:17:07 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: bigheadfred
i still care if i know the cop ~ but otherwise there's less and less for anyone to be concerned about.

It is dangerous for the rest of us to make police work too comfortable for the thin skinned.

8 posted on 06/06/2013 5:17:19 PM PDT by muawiyah (Git yer Red Arm Bands here - $29.95 - NOT SOLD IN STORES - TAX FREE)
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To: mandaladon

I suppose taking photos or videos of them is now considered to be annoying.


9 posted on 06/06/2013 5:18:07 PM PDT by teacherwoes ("I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.")
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To: mandaladon

I bet I know who gets to define “harrassment.”


10 posted on 06/06/2013 5:18:55 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

not anyone , only if you are a white normal Christian male will be attacked, blacks, homo’s, turd pokers, illegals, Hispanics will never be attacked


11 posted on 06/06/2013 5:19:29 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: mandaladon
Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Thus the beneficiaries are spared the shame, danger, and scruple which their acts would otherwise involve. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons, and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim — when he defends himself — as a criminal. - The Law; Frederic Bastiat
12 posted on 06/06/2013 5:20:21 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: mandaladon

Anyone else sure that video tapping them will be considered harassment?

or that feeding the meter for someone else will be?

This law is ripe for abuse.


13 posted on 06/06/2013 5:26:43 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: mandaladon
vague at best, this should play out well in the courts...
14 posted on 06/06/2013 5:28:05 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: mandaladon

This will certainly give them an excuse to shoot dogs and cats—not that they seem to need one anyway.


15 posted on 06/06/2013 5:28:47 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: muawiyah

there seems to be a new wave of cops who are nothing but punks who have never heard of the Constitution


16 posted on 06/06/2013 5:30:54 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: mandaladon

Oh calm down people. There isn’t the slightest change that this law will be abused.


17 posted on 06/06/2013 5:31:33 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The Gubment Has No Legitimacy. It needs to be Removed!)
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To: mandaladon
We are becoming more and more like the old USSR.

There, fixed it.

18 posted on 06/06/2013 5:34:41 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Whose definitions of harass and “annoy” is the Gestapo going to use? This looks like a real revenue raiser to me. Those politicians are smart.

In before the tyranny.

Just last week I annoyed a cop by telling him that he was being absurd for giving me a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.

19 posted on 06/06/2013 5:37:44 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Only much more capable.


20 posted on 06/06/2013 5:37:58 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that they cannot carry out their plans.' -- Job 5:12)
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