Cops blame ‘turnstile justice’ for rise in attacks on them

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Police are blaming the national movement to decriminalize illegal activities for the sharp increase in attacks on law enforcement, saying that assailants believe they can strike or even shoot a cop and get off with a slap on the wrist.

A new internal FBI report said that police are having more run-ins with convicts released early from jail, the product of “turnstile justice.”

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