Posted on 09/21/2020 11:55:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Florida counties and cities that cut funding from their police departments could lose out on state funding and grants.
Gov. Ron DeSantis put forward a proposal for the Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act on Monday, which in part targets communities looking to take part in the “Defund the Police” movement.
The act “prohibits state grants or aid to any local government that slashes the budget for law enforcement services.”
If passed, it would also increase possible criminal penalties for protestors if gatherings turn violent, result in property damage or cause road blockage.
The proposal states that if a protester is injured or killed by a driver who is “fleeing for safety from a mob” during an unpermitted protest, demonstration or violent or disorderly assembly that the driver is not liable for their injury or death.
The act would also add new criminal offenses to “combat rioting, looting and violence.” That includes making it a third-degree felony when seven or more “are involved in an assembly and cause damage to property or injury to other persons” and a second-degree felony to destroy public property during a violent or disorderly assembly.
In the act are also proposals to increase penalties for violence against law enforcement officers. That includes a mandatory six-month jail sentence for striking a law enforcement officer, including with a projectile, during a violent or disorderly assembly.
The act also proposes that no bond or bail be set for anyone charged with a crime related to participating in a violent or disorderly assembly until their first appearance in court.
DeSantis announced the proposal during a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office headquarters. He said it will be the top legislative item going into the 2021 session.
Watch his announcement in full below:
That’s a start, now OPEN (100%) up the damn state!!!
I like the part about being able to drive over rioters blocking the roads while fleeing them.
While the Florida Supremes in 2000 gave AlGore’s handlers anything they asked for, within hours, as of September 2020, all seven judges on the court were appointed by a Republican governor.
https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Supreme_Court
How well do Green Lizard Charlie’s judges follow the law?
https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/the-talk-of-the-green-iguana-6343277
At first, I misread your statement as: “while feeding them”.
If you feed them, they will be too full to riot?
States will need to reduce legal or punitive exposure for citizens who defend themselves or their properties. If the police aren’t there, they must do it themselves.
I hear many retired police are heading to the Tampa area. Sounds like a great spot to retire to me. The Governor should offer more incentives.
Very good!
I agree, he needs to open up everything that the state has closed, and get the mayors to give up these stupid “mask mandates.”
There’s nothing in there about hangings or firing squads.
Facial diapers. We’ve never worn em and snicker when we see the unwashed wandering around like something out of a science fiction movie.
“I hear many retired police are heading to the Tampa area. Sounds like a great spot to retire to me. The Governor should offer more incentives.”
Boy, I hope you’re right. I live in a town about 40 minutes north of Tampa, right on the Gulf. I hope some of those retired policemen move to my town too. In fact I hope some of those still working Cops in rotten Dem states quit and move to FL and join our police forces down here.
Many of these awesome retired police are vets as well.FL will benefit from BLM riots.
I wish all the governors were like DeSantis.
I’m still leaving the “roo bars”* on my truck.
May need them to clear my way.
*roo bar,” short hand for kangaroo bars installed on trucks in Australia.
GOOD ON YER, FLORIDA!
I love this guy.
FYI:
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American attorney, naval officer and politician serving as the 46th and current governor of Florida since 2019.
A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Florida’s 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018.
After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis served as an officer and attorney in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy. More at “Wikipedia”
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