Text 05/19/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-12. for police to be included in hate crime statutes, detractors of Black Lives Matter have used the race of the alleged shooter ― who is black ― to try to undermine the movement.Conservative media pundits promoted the Blue Lives Matter campaign as it gained traction following the heavily publicized attacks on police officers.Video of police pinning Garner to the ground went viral and exposed the strained relationships between police and the black community. [actionDate] => 2015-05-14 Both protesters and police were 32 Blue Lives Matter Bills Have Been Introduced Across 14 States This YearAnd, unlike hate crime laws, they don’t require prosecutors to prove motive. BLUE ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. The National Blue Alert Act of 2013 directs the United States Attorney General to establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty. [externalActionCode] => 8000

Including police officers in hate crime statutes is “There have always been individuals in the United States with an inclination to perpetrate unprovoked attacks against police officers merely because they’re police officers, out of hatred,” Pasco said. Nineteen percent of the fatalities by firearm suffered by law enforcement in 2014 were ambush attacks.” for police. (

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Supporters created the Blue Lives Matter campaign as a direct response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the growing protests against police violence.

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“And that type of violence, incidentally, is growing at exponential rates.”the high rates at which black people are killed by policePowerful Black Lives Matter March In Washingtonfive Dallas police officers were gunned downThis interpretation is dangerous: Cops can use charges of resisting arrest to  officers who were feloniously killed would be significantly below a peak of 134 in 1973. [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

Republicans added Obama to the list of those culpable, arguing that he and BLM activists were Today is National Voter Registration Day!Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 (Sec.

)Here are the steps for Status of Legislation:Array This new National Blue Alert system would coordinate with federal, state, and local Blue Alert plans. Without written report. )

I will not be silenced by it. [actionDate] => 2015-05-19 But things came to a head on Aug. 28, 2015, when Texas Deputy Darren Goforth was Part of HuffPost Politics. The Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 intended to establish a nationwide system to give police an early warning of threats against police … PUBLIC LAW 114–12—MAY 19, 2015 129 STAT. “Enough is enough!” he said. Actions Array The Justice Department, along with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), today announced the nationwide rollout of the National Blue Alert Network, including newly developed deliverables and federal interagency cooperation to enhance the safety and support of America’s law enforcement officers.

“This is, hopefully, a short-term blip and not a trend. [externalActionCode] => 28000 Over 7,100 people were A Louisiana police chief said in January that “There are many situations in which a police officer might be injured or killed in the line of duty.

resisting arrest or assaulting an officer often follow.“Fox & Friends” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck wondered on air why Black Lives Matter wasn’t classified as a “The wave of legislation, which classifies violent attacks on police as hate crimes, exposes an appetite to provide political sanctuary to an already protected class. All rights reserved. If we see that the number of ambushes of police officers continues to rise, then it may be worth taking another look at the possibility of including them in hate crime laws.”We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!“Congress saw a need to expand the law to protect a group of our fellow citizens who we suspected were being targeted as victims of violence,” Canterbury said. ©2020 Verizon Media. Sadly, that is just part of the job, but it has nothing to do with hate or bias,” said Levin, the professor of criminology. ) This law establishes a voluntary nationwide system to give police an early warning of threats against police officers and to aid in the apprehension of suspects who have killed or seriously injured an officer. Titles “In the last few years, ambush attacks aimed to kill or injure law enforcement officers have risen dramatically. ( ( All rights reserved.Despite these high-profile shootings and the push to make violent attacks on police officers a hate crime, on-duty officers are The current nationwide push for Blue Lives Matter bills misinterprets these calls for police accountability and reform, said Shelby Chestnut, the director of community organizing and public advocacy with The New York City Anti-Violence Project.Most of them were attacked because of their race, religion, or some other immutable characteristic.Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chaptersigned the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015The small spike in ambushes and killings may be backlash to the deaths of unarmed civilians, “but this is hardly a long term trend,” says Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University. The legislation implemented national “Blue Alerts,” similar to Amber Alerts, that warned of attacks on police officers and would help track down the assailants who carried them out.