Wisconsin GOP legislator to introduce 'Blue Lives Matter' bill (No not Dem Lives Matter)

In the wake of a deadly sniper attack on police officers in Dallas, state Rep. David Steffen, R-Howard, plans to introduce legislation that would make it a hate crime to target law enforcement officers in Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin bill will be modeled after a similar "Blue Lives Matter" initiative passed in Louisiana earlier this year. The Louisiana law covers police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel.

Louisiana was the first state to pass such a law. Similar measures have been proposed in other states.

Current Wisconsin law defines a hate crime as a crime based in whole or in part on a person's race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry.

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