Americas Largest Police Union Pushes for Hate Crime Laws to Include CopsCassius Methyl They are pushing for crimes against police to be considered hate crimes in the eyes of the law. Right now, its a hate crime if you attack someone solely because of the color of their skin, but it ought to be a hate crime if you attack someone solely because of the color of their uniform as well, said the executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police, Jim Pasco. The president of the group also said Enough is enough! Its time for Congress to do something to protect the men and women who protect us. Theres just one problem a person cannot control the color of their skin. A voluntary choice to wear a uniform and become a cop is completely different from something a person has no control over. This is something that well have to consider, said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. It doesnt look like the state cares about this request. A hate crime is defined as a criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offenders bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation. by the federal government. A hate crime tends to involve race, or things about a person or group of people that they have no control over, something that inherently defines them. Being a police officer is not an ethnic background, religion, or disability; it is a conscious choice to become a cop and enforce the laws of the state, disregarding whether those enforced laws are immoral or not. Therefore, how can it possibly be a hate crime when someone does something to a cop? Its every individual officers choice to be in that line of work. When an individual becomes a cop, they are knowingly joining a profession that many people simply do not like for various many times justified reasons. Unless statism is truly a religion, police should not be considered a target under hate crime laws. Cassius Methyl writes for TheAntiMedia.org, where this first appeared. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter to receive their latest articles. Image credit: wikimedia.org 