Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages — a move civil rights activists say is payback for demonstrations after the police killing of George Floyd last year in Minneapolis. The bill would allow a lawyer for the Long Island county to sue protesters on behalf of officers and calls for fines of up to $25,000 for anyone who harasses, menaces or injures an officer. The fine amount would be doubled if the offending behavior happened "in the course of participating in a riot," the bill says. BIDEN SCORCHES ‘DEFUND POLICE’ MOVEMENT BY PUMPING FUNDS BACK TO NYC"If you want to shut someone down, take away their livelihood," Brewington said. County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat, hasn’t said whether she’d sign or veto the bill if it’s approved in the Republican-controlled legislature.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2021 17:37 UTC