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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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To: blueyon

Will they decriminalize assaulting a legislator?


21 posted on 06/29/2020 8:26:44 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: blueyon

The cops should all quit and let the citizens sort this out.

It’ll be ugly but over quickly.


22 posted on 06/29/2020 8:32:48 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 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.

Pollsters are telling the Democrats that this is the way to victory through increased turnout and pie in the sky promises that will never be met. They are thinking that every Democrat voter is going to think like a teenager at her first prom. Promise her anything and don't worry about the consequences. I don't think that it won't work.

23 posted on 06/29/2020 8:35:44 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: blueyon

I’m seeing serious libs turning against the Dem party for this stuff. Just heard from a lib in-law whose furious about this.


24 posted on 06/29/2020 8:51:21 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: blueyon

Virginia Dems are now in charge of a real “RED STATE” as in Marxist, anti-police, pro-Black extremists, pro-crime and anti-American.

Leftist carpetbagger Democrats fleeing the crime and corruption of DC brought crime, corruption and communism with them to my state. George Soros funded a lot of it. Another Marxist names Stephen Williams also did a lot of political funding and I’m sure environmental wacko billionaire Tom Steyer contributed to a lot of Democrat candidates too.

November is going to be very interesting.


25 posted on 06/29/2020 9:19:07 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (??)
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To: blueyon

‘Defelonize’ assaults on law enforcement officers but increase the penalty for anyone convicted of a ‘hate crime’. Society is unraveling.


26 posted on 06/29/2020 9:27:31 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Lurkinanloomin

No police = no Red Flag confiscations.


27 posted on 06/29/2020 9:48:54 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: NFHale

Oh I am sure they will exempt themselves. They always do. After all, some animals are more equal than others.


28 posted on 06/29/2020 10:15:35 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Obviously, they want the police to resign. I suggest that cops stay on the job and hit back twice as hard. Don’t do what the leftists want you to do.


29 posted on 06/29/2020 11:26:15 PM PDT by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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I do hope that if they do such a moronic thing that those punks that are assaulting police officers show up at their homes and businesses.

In fact they should all be doxed.
30 posted on 06/30/2020 2:13:36 AM PDT by ssfromla
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To: blueyon

This once great state is ruled by truly insane people.


31 posted on 06/30/2020 2:15:18 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Seattle is a hostile city. No American blood should be shed for it.)
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To: blueyon

We need to remove private security for them payed by the taxpayers of the state


32 posted on 06/30/2020 3:27:20 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (SOY Mouth)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

“...After all, some animals are more equal than others....”

Maybe, in artificially-created little safe spaces, perhaps... but not on the streets...


33 posted on 06/30/2020 4:16:48 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: blueyon

Soon it will be a felony to commit self-defense.


34 posted on 06/30/2020 5:31:01 AM PDT by VinnieCCT
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To: blueyon

As long as that is the same as it would be if you were to strike any other citizen, I have no problem with it. The punishment should not be different for police and the rest of us.


35 posted on 06/30/2020 7:19:24 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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