Though the mythical "war on cops" has been repeatedly debunked, some people in America are still pushing quite hard for sporadic violence against police officers to be recognized on the same level as institutionalized violence against minority groups. For example, a town in Minnesota has now passed a so-called resolution aimed at charging anyone who "hurts" a police officer with an actual hate crime. Red Wing’s city council is apparently the first in the state and the second in the nation to pass such a resolution.
"Currently 30 officers in 2015 have been killed by gunfire," Red Wing Police Chief Roger Pohlman tells CBS Minnesota. "That’s a little over three a month. They are targeting not the person but the position and the authority. I think it's a very trying time for law enforcement." Speaking of trying times, the Guardiannow reports that more than 890 people have been killed by police officers in America this year alone:
"The national Fraternal Order of Police is looking at federal legislation that would make it a hate crime to attack law enforcement,” Pohlman added before assumedly not paying any attention to the current status of racially charged police brutality. "We take very seriously any threats against our police."
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