And now this, the unthinkable has happened:
Opposing Views: In Indiana,police officers are upset over a new law allowing residents to use deadly forceagainst public servants, including law enforcement officers, who unlawfullyenter their homes. The law was signed by Republican Governor Mitch Daniels inMarch … adopted after the Indiana State Supreme Court ruled that there was “noright to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers," after a manassaulted an officer during a domestic violence call.
The law's author, Republican state Sen. Michael Young, saidthere haven't been any cases [yet] in which people have used the law to justifyshooting police.
The National Rifle Association lobbied for the new law,claiming that the Indiana State Supreme Court decision had legalized police tocommit unjustified entries.
Tim Downs, President of the Indiana State Fraternal Order ofPolice, told Bloomberg News that the law could open the way forpeople who are under the influence or emotionally distressed to attack officersin their homes: “It’s just a recipe fordisaster. It just puts a bounty on our heads.”
Indiana is the first U.S. state to specifically allow forceagainst officers.
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