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A bill advancing out of a Kentucky Senate committee on Thursday would make it a crime to insult or taunt a police officer to the point where the taunts provoke a violent response.
Senate Bill 211 passed by a 7-3 vote, according to reports. The proposal was a response to riots throughout the country last summer, said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Benton, a retired police officer.
"In these riots, you see people getting up in officers' faces, yelling in their ears, doing everything they can to provoke a violent response," Carroll said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
ACAB and Fuck the police… thank god I don’t live in Kentucky!
Beyond dumb
I really hope this doesn’t pass, what a stupid law.
"Did you just call me a pig?"
"No sir, I did not!"
"Are you lying to me?"
"No sir"
"Are you calling me a liar. I find that very insulting"
"Sorry sir!"
"Are you trying fight me? I will arrest you for interfering with an officer doing his duty"
"I'm not fighting you!"
"Now you're resisting arrest! You're under arrest!"
This is the clearest violation of the 1st amendment I’ve ever seen in my life.
This is just plain stupid, like cops need any more excuses to put people in hand cuffs, and attack them.