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Virginia Senate Democrats consider ‘defelonizing’ assault against law enforcement officers
Fort Hunt Herald ^ | 06/28/20 | Fort Hunt Herald

Posted on 06/29/2020 7:57:47 PM PDT by blueyon

Virginia Senate Democrats have published a list of 28 proposals for reforming the Commonwealth’s police and criminal justice systems, including a measure to downgrade the charge of assault on a law enforcement officer to a misdemeanor offense instead of a felony.

Under current law, anyone who is convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer is guilty of a Class 6 felony and is subject to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months, according to Virginia code.

This same penalty applies to anyone who assaults a person they know, or have reason to know, is a judge, magistrate, prison guard, firefighter or some other criminal justice administrator or first responder.

The proposal is listed as “defelonize assault on law enforcement officer (return to misdemeanor offense).” It is just one of many proposals by the Senate Democratic Caucus that could be considered at a special session on criminal justice reform legislation planned for August 2020 in Richmond.

In 2019, one law enforcement officer was feloniously killed in the line of duty and another 1,939 were assaulted, according to data released in May by the Virginia State Police. Of those assaults, most incidents (1,327) did not result in a significant injury to the officer, but other incidents did result in the law enforcement officer sustaining minor injuries (497), major injuries (22), broken bones (7), severe lacerations (6), and potential internal injuries (4).

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: agenda; anarchotyranny; defund; police; trump; virginia
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If this is true, Virginians better rise up and demand this is stopped
1 posted on 06/29/2020 7:57:47 PM PDT by blueyon
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To: blueyon

Guess the plan is either to defund the police or make them all resign.


2 posted on 06/29/2020 7:59:25 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Donald J Trump 45th President of the United States! MAGA)
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To: blueyon

Wow. This is prima facie violation of equal protection.


3 posted on 06/29/2020 8:00:39 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: blueyon

Well... if it’s NOT a felony to assault a police officer...

... then CLEARLY it won’t be a felony if/when democrats start getting assaulted!!!

See? Happy endings for all around!!!

Be careful what you wish for, Dems.


4 posted on 06/29/2020 8:01:18 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: blueyon

you aren’t a lesser person under the law if you’re part of law enforcement.

this needs to end

because then the next group of people are white men

because we are already so heavily legally discriminated against already


5 posted on 06/29/2020 8:01:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: blueyon

violates equal under the law

cwii is required

these commies cannot be fixed

they want to go full fruitcake


6 posted on 06/29/2020 8:02:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: blueyon

How about make it a misdemeanor to beat the living #### out of a state senator from VA?


7 posted on 06/29/2020 8:03:41 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of the Republic is at stake. dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: blueyon

Supporters of such defelonization are deserving of defenestration.

The Third Defenestration of Prague (1618) had a VERY appropriate outcome.


8 posted on 06/29/2020 8:07:00 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: blueyon
Next, Virginia will pay bounties for assaulting cops.

Time for Atlas to start shrugging.

9 posted on 06/29/2020 8:07:13 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: blueyon

Seriously?!


10 posted on 06/29/2020 8:07:46 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: blueyon

Virginia Senate Democrats consider ‘defelonizing’ assault against law enforcement officers and Democrats


11 posted on 06/29/2020 8:12:48 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: blueyon

What would be the charge against assaulting Virginia Senate Democrats?


12 posted on 06/29/2020 8:13:49 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: dp0622

Better yet, a reward for beating up a liberal state senator. And free one way helicopter rides for ANTIFA members.


13 posted on 06/29/2020 8:14:16 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.ln)
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To: blueyon

They are keeping the cops on Trump’s side.


14 posted on 06/29/2020 8:15:09 PM PDT by TigersEye (Covid is over. We have been conditioned by it. The Cultural Revolution has begun.)
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To: Nateman

lol


15 posted on 06/29/2020 8:17:32 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of the Republic is at stake. dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: blueyon

Clearly, democrats ARE THE ENEMY....AND WE ARE AT WAR!!!


16 posted on 06/29/2020 8:17:41 PM PDT by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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To: blueyon

The police as cannon fodder. No one will work at this job.


17 posted on 06/29/2020 8:18:20 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: headstamp 2

The key word is ‘consider’. Come on. Wake me when the shuttle lands.


18 posted on 06/29/2020 8:20:08 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Border Patrol already live with this. We have been told that if we are assaulted that it was only done to avoid arrest and the usaa will not prosecute for it.

An agent I work with was assaulted on duty a few years ago and the usaa declined to prosecute so he went to the police and filed as a private citizen. The guy was convicted and got 5 years.


19 posted on 06/29/2020 8:25:20 PM PDT by 98charlie
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20 posted on 06/29/2020 8:26:42 PM PDT by bitt (Let justice be done though the heavens fall Fiat justitia ruat cælum)
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