Illinois lawmakers have introduced a bill that will make critics legal to those experiencing mental health episodes to attack police officers.
Democrat Lisa Davis, a lawyer at the Cook County Civil Service Office's Law Office, introduced House Bill 3458 in February.
Under the terms of the law, the bill is[provide] When the individual abused person is a police officer, and the officer interacts with someone who believes that a reasonable officer has an episode of mental health, and the person who interacts with responds to an incident in which the person who interacted with has recorded mental illness and acts suddenly, it is a defense that exacerbates the battery.
The bill has been co-sponsored by two co-sponsors, Rep. Marcus Evans and Kelly Cassidy.
Currently, Illinois people can be charged with aggravated battery if they attack “police officers, community policing volunteers, firefighters, civil security guards, correctional facilities employees, or individuals who know they are sexually dangerous people or employees of the Department of Human Services that oversee or control sexual violence.” ”
Second Cop City, a blog reporting on Chicago police issues, first reported on the bill.
“If this is past, mental illness will be an excuse to attack and beat police officers,” the blog says. “In fact, who wants to bet is, are there thousands of people who suddenly have doctor memos allowing them to attack officers?”
Davis' proposal would legalize attacks on police officers. Other first responders, such as firefighters, are spared, as reported by CWB Chicago.
The bill has been referred to the Illinois Legislature Rules Committee, where unpopular laws die, the news report says.
Fox News Digital has contacted the Chicago chapter of Davis and The Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police.
