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Gov. Phil Bryant signed the "Back the Badge" bill, which makes any crime against a police officer subject to the state's hate crime language.

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Surrounded by law enforcement officers, emergency personnel and first responders, Gov. Phil Bryant signed the "Back the Badge Act," which adds law-enforcement officials, firefighters and emergency personnel as protected classes …

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