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socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts) Thu Jul 7, 2016, 12:48 PM Jul 2016

RE: The Alton Sterling murder. I wonder how much the recently passed........

Louisiana law "protecting" cops as a persecuted minority eligible for hate crime status enabled and encouraged this killing. Not that cops need a lot of encouragement to kill black folks.

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RE: The Alton Sterling murder. I wonder how much the recently passed........ (Original Post) socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 OP

Probably none Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #1

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

1. Probably none

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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 12:54 PM

Jul 2016

That law is to make the punishment tougher if somebody attacks a police officer. It has no impact on charges when a police officer attacks a person.

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