Illinois state Rep. Lisa Davis has introduced a bill that would legalize attacks on police officers by those appearing to have a mental health episode. (Getty Images | Illinois General Assembly)
The bill has picked up two co-sponsors, Reps. Marcus Evans and Kelly Cassidy.
Currently, a person in Illinois can be charged with aggravated battery if they attack "an individual whom the person knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman, private security officer, correctional institution employee, or Department of Human Services employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons."
Second Cop City, a blog that reports on Chicago policing matters, first reported on the bill.
The bill has been referred to the Illinois General Assembly Rules Committee, where unpopular legislation goes to die. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Davis and the Chicago chapter of the Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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