Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages -- a move civil rights activists say is payback for demonstrations after the police killing of George Floyd last year in Minneapolis.
Newsday reports that the bill being considered by the Nassau County Legislature would make police officers and other first responders a protected class under the county's Human Rights Law, which currently bars discrimination based on race, religion, gender and sexual orientation. No other professions are protected under the Human Rights Law.
Civil rights lawyer Frederick Brewington told reporters Friday that the bill violates free speech rights and, if passed, will have a chilling effect on protesters. The NAACP said it will bring members to Monday's vote.
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