Rep. Ken Buck Introduces 'Blue Lives Matter' Bill To Make Targeted Killing Of A Police Officer A Hate Crime

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Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., introduced a bill in Congress that would make it a hate crime to target a police officer.

Buck filed the measure Wednesday, he said in a phone interview from Washington, D.C. The bill, dubbed the Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016, would expand the federal hate crime statute to include law enforcement officers who are targeted for acts of violence because of their jobs.

"I've been in law enforcement for 25 years before I started in this job," the Windsor Republican said. "I've seen over and over both police officers on the street and federal agents, jail deputies and bureau of prison officials being threatened by very dangerous people. I have a passion for trying to protect those who protect us. That's what this bill is about."

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