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July 23, 2016

Federal “Blue Lives Matter” Legislation Picks up Steam, Advances Myth that Cops are Under Threat

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If Donald Trump’s “Law and Order” convention is any indication, Republicans in Congress could soon try to amend federal law to equate violence against police officers to assaults fueled by bigotry. The Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016, which was introduced to the House in April, gained two co-sponsors in the two weeks prior to the Republican Convention. The bill would amend Chapter 13 of Title 10 of the US Code to “make an attack on a police officer a hate crime.” Trump’s convention focused…

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