Rep. Ken Buck introduces 'Blue Lives Matter' bill to make targeted killing of a police officer a hate crime
March 18, 2016
In The News
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.