Critics are dropping a Kentucky bill that would be a crime to insult or taunt a police officer.
The language in the bill “twists my stomach”, said Sen. David David, a Louisville Democrat. Kentucky’s ACLU called the proposal a “dangerous” government that limited free speech and protest, Louisville Courier Journal reported.
Bill, State senator David Carroll, sponsored by a retired police, if he convicts, offends, insults or insultingly or insultingly challenges a law enforcement officer, is fined $ 250 and 90 days Will be punished for keeping him in jail. By words, or gestures or other physical contact, which would have a direct tendency to provoke a violent reaction from the point of view of a reasonable and prudent person. “
The bill also pushes back on the “discredit police” movement, CBS News reports, Stating that government entities that fund law enforcement agencies must “maintain and improve their financial support.”
The committee got 7-3 votes Thursday through the committee in support of Republicans only. It could be voted on by the full Senate next week, and would then move to the Republican-controlled State House. The Governor of Kentucky is a Democrat.
This comes after widespread protests around the country last year, with Louisville, home to Bruna Taylor, who was killed when police executed a “no-knock” warrant, one of the centers of unrest.
The ACLU of Kentucky called the legislation “an extreme bill to spread dissent” and said it would criminalize free speech.
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