Previously I wrote about efforts in the US Congress to pass legislation that would make police officers an even more protected class by allowing federal prosecutors to charge individuals with committing “hate crimes” against them. While that legislation has not yet passed in the Senate and will hopefully die, some police officers have found other ways to use hate crimes legislation to their benefit.
— Read on mises.org/power-market/police-abuse-hate-crime-laws-enhance-their-own-power

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