Oh that should help with recruiting new officers and the early retirement of veteran officers, just what the city of Chicago and the surrounding area needs

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/il...lice-people-having-mental-health-episode

Illinois Dem lawmaker pushes bill to legalize attacks on police for people having mental health episode
Critics say the bill would embolden those who attack police


An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health episode to attack police officers.

Democratic state Rep. Lisa Davis, an attorney in the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender's office, introduced House Bill 3458 in February.



Under the terms of the legislation, the bill would "[provide] that it is a defense to aggravated battery when the individual battered is a peace officer and the officer responded to an incident in which the officer interacted with a person whom a reasonable officer could believe was having a mental health episode and the person with whom the officer interacted has a documented mental illness and acted abruptly."

The bill has picked up two co-sponsors, Reps. Marcus Evans and Kelly Cassidy.

Currently, a person in Illinois can be charged with aggravated battery if they attack "an individual whom the person knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman, private security officer, correctional institution employee, or Department of Human Services employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons."

Second Cop City, a blog that reports on Chicago policing matters, first reported on the bill.

"If this passes, mental illness will be an excuse to attack and beat police officers," the blog states. "In fact, who wants to bet there will be thousands of people who suddenly have doctor notes that permit them to attack cops?"

Davis' proposal would legalize attacks on peace officers. Other first responders would be spared, such as firefighters, like her husband, CWB Chicago reported.

Nothing that the left "thinks" should shock anyone.

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Worst idea ever

Illinois is a crazy place. Rich with natural resources, squandered by liberal government. Plagued by murder and crime. A perfect example of how a state should not be governed.

No way it goes through - not even there.

Never underestimate how much some people hate law enforcement.

Stub, stop worrying about what morons in liberal cities do. Let them eat each other. Sit back and enjoy the show.

Nobody hates cops. Concho said so.

The same kinds of people that made a monument to George Floyd think the police are villains. I still can’t believe how that went the way it did. There are enough citiots in Illinois to make it the law.

Do not mind the libtards, thugs, liberals and demorats taking each other out, it is the Police Officers and good citizens I care about that are unfortunate victims of those FN idiots!

Won’t be long before somebody in Houston, Austin, or maybe Dallas will run a campaign on the very same ideas. It’s cultural marxism and it’s destroying America.

I get it. The problem is that they all choose to live where they do. Geez, once you’re a cop, you can be a cop anywhere. The good citizens have every opportunity to move, as well. Why don’t they?

My thoughts exactly, self destruction is inevitable.

So much of the liberal mindset is about weakness and ill minded parts of our society which become detrimental to society.

You are right sir, they do have the choice of moving.
Unfortunately for a lot of them, they may be life long residents and have children in school, other family and life long friends, neighbors that are there along with other social ties and possibly a deep rooted bond with their community, so it may not be an easy choice to just pack up and move a far distance from where they live.

Alright then. Go ahead and worry about them. I’m sure it’ll help.

I went to Fort Worth for the money and benefits at first. Surprisingly I ended up caring for the city and the people there. I’m guessing you’re not in West Texas a lot because of the incredible fishing

At what point are bills like this grounds for impeachment and removal of office?

Okay you insufferable ....

I do not sit around worrying about anything. However when I hear or read about situations like this that might harm other good people then I get concerned, especially when it effects the folks that serve and protect us at home and abroad!

I agree, until the last three words. It’s 50/50 there.

This bill is STUPID. The only two kind of people who will vote for this nonsense are STUPID PEOPLE AND CRIMINALS. I find it hard to believe that would describe the majority of any state . Even Illinois. The thing about a bill like this actually becoming law that nobody is talking about is how many residents of Illinois will get enough of the stupidity and relocate to Texas?

Not stupid, it’s sick.