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Texas governor joins push to add police to hate crime laws
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is joining a growing number of state lawmakers wanting to make attacks against police officers a hate crime. Abbott said Monday he will ask the Texas Legislature to pass a bill next year that adds police officers to the list of protected classes under the state's hate crime law. His announcement follows the recent fatal shootings of five officers in Dallas and three others in Louisiana. Louisiana became the first state in May to extend hate crime protections to police.
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People would not hate the cops as much if they were held to the same standards and accountability as the citizens and taxpayers they summarily execute on a regular basis.
So, when cops kill an unarmed citizen for no reason, they will also be charged with a hate crime? I mean, it's pretty clear by looking at police actions that they hate everybody in society who doesn't wear The Uniform. But, of course not, it just wouldn't make sense to have police follow the same societal norms as the rest of us, now would it?