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‘Protect and Serve Act’ Would Make Police a Protected Class and Violence Against Them a Hate Crime
On Tuesday, Congress introduced the “Protect and Serve Act,” legislation created to address violence against police. The House of Representatives and the Senate introduced their individual versions of the bill, with the Senate version designating violence against police a federal hate crime. The House version (pdf) of the bill makes it a crime to knowingly…