Some lawmakers are working to stiffen the penalties for assaulting and threatening police officers and judges following confrontations in Connecticut and across the country. Rep. J.P. Sredzinski, a Republican from Monroe, is proposing a bill that would make it a hate crime to assault or "verbally...
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