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| 'Enough is enough': GOP senator unleashes bill with severe consequences for harming police | |
| 2025-05-13 | |
| Ohio freshman GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno has introduced legislation that would increase the criminal penalties for harming a police officer after a sheriff’s deputy was killed in the line of duty in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month. Moreno’s Larry Henderson Act, being introduced this week, would update existing law stating that anyone who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any law enforcement officer engaged in official duties be required to face one to eight years in prison, depending on the severity. Moreno’s bill would up that mandatory minimum to 20 years. The bill also "establishes federal jurisdiction over these crimes as exclusive and preemptive, superseding state or local prosecution for federal officers."
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 If one more law will solve it, how about a dozen more. Cant go wrong with a dozen new laws to solve a problem. Next can we pass a law that the actually enforce the laws they pass. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2025-05-13 12:48 |
| #6 It would supersede the Soros DAs, but I am not sure how much I want to further increase the power of federal law enforcement. The FBI, DOJ and Federal Judiciary has proven themselves to be capricious and despotic. I don’t think that this is the solution to Soros DAs. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-05-13 11:48 |
| #5 Police/Law Enforcement/Prosecutors abuse laws when it comes to harming (touching or being touched by) police. J6'ers were charged with assaulting/interfering for merely being beaten by cap police. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2025-05-13 11:06 |
| #4 Means nothing. Harsh penalties which aren't enforced do not change behavior. Minor penalties consistently enforced do. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2025-05-13 10:50 |
| #3 Sorry, but there's already *plenty* of laws on the books. What we seem to lack is a willingness to enforce them fairly and evenly. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-05-13 10:26 |
| #2 While you are at it, how about putting more teeth in the Deprivation Of Rights Under Color Of Law. Lots of TikToks out there of LE breaching basic rights. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-05-13 10:12 |
| #1 Agitators clash with police, arrests made as clergy members descend on Newark ICE facility |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-13 01:21 |