Wed May 18, 2005, 03:52pm
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Originally posted by akalsey
Quote:
Originally posted by ump66
Luckily Connecticut is in the process of passing a law making it a felony for assaulting an official. The law is written for officials but needs to be ammended to apply to coaches, and others involved in sports.
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Why?
How is an attack on a coach (or umpire for that matter) different from one on a teacher, a Scout leader, a grocery clerk, or an insurance salesman?
We already have laws on the books that cover assault. Explain to me why the penalty for assault on a member of one profession should be any different than it is for an assault on anyone else.
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call it a "hate crime?" 
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