To: Hank Rearden
I'm not sure I get your drift, but yes, assaulting a police officer in the performance of his duty is worse than assaulting an average citizen, for obvious and correct reasons.
If a basketball player hits a referee, the fine will be much greater than if he player hits another player. You have to have additional protections for those who enforce the laws.
To: CharlesWayneCT
Assault is assault; you get your face bashed in it's a misdemeanor, but if a JBT gets the same treatment it's a felony.
Just like thoughtcrimes, right?
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03/31/2006 9:15:39 AM PST by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government "job" attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: CharlesWayneCT
You have to have additional protections for those who enforce the laws.
This is pretty much dead opposite of how our government was set up originally in 1776. Are you aware that in some states (Tennessee was one, I think) that were was at one time a law on the books that stated that a citizen was legally empowered to use deadly force against police officers if they attempted to arrest the citizen for something he didn't do?
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