No longer a felony
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On Wednesday, the Virginia Senate voted 21-15 to pass Senate Bill 5032, which would allow an assault against a law enforcement officer to a misdemeanor if the person attacked is not hurt.
Here’s the summary of the bill:
Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement for an assault and battery committed against a judge; magistrate; law-enforcement officer; correctional officer; person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates; firefighter; or volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical services personnel and provides that such crime can no longer be committed as a simple assault and must result in a bodily injury.
The bill also removes mandatory minimum 6-month jail sentence for assaulting a police officer.
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I’m actually ok with this and have been for a long time. We already have laws against harming others. State employees don’t deserve to be put in a different class than the rest of us.
As I pointed out here the other day, municipal unions end up bargaining for this stuff so it spreads well beyond just cops.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
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I’m actually ok with this and have been for a long time. We already have laws against harming others. State employees don’t deserve to be put in a different class than the rest of us.
As I pointed out here the other day, municipal unions end up bargaining for this stuff so it spreads well beyond just cops.
@jon-nyc said in No longer a felony:
I’m actually ok with this and have been for a long time. We already have laws against harming others. State employees don’t deserve to be put in a different class than the rest of us.
Same.
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I’m actually ok with this and have been for a long time. We already have laws against harming others. State employees don’t deserve to be put in a different class than the rest of us.
As I pointed out here the other day, municipal unions end up bargaining for this stuff so it spreads well beyond just cops.
@jon-nyc said in No longer a felony:
I’m actually ok with this and have been for a long time. We already have laws against harming others. State employees don’t deserve to be put in a different class than the rest of us.
As I pointed out here the other day, municipal unions end up bargaining for this stuff so it spreads well beyond just cops.
Good points.
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