Sharon Racusin

This Civil Rights Enforcement Rollback bill changes the standard for civil rights enforcement, adding language that creates a new threshold of motivation for those committing civil rights infringements. That threshold in turn creates an additional burden on prosecutors pursing action against those who have committed civil rights offenses. This weakens the ability to apply civil rights protections and enforcement within the state. The legal ramifications of changing this one sentence in existing state statute will have wide-sweeping implications for those seeking justice within one of the protected classes outlined in existing law. I understand that this is the intent of the supporters of legislation like this but it is wrong and I object to this blatant disrespect for people's rights.