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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 file photo, law enforcement officers attend a news conference in Houston on the shooting death of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth, pictured in the background. In May 2016, Louisiana is poised to become the first state in the nation to expand its hate-crime laws to protect police, firefighters and emergency medical crews — a move that could stir the national debate over the relationship between law enforcement and minorities. State Rep. Lance Harris of Alexandria says the legislation was prompted by a number of high-profile attacks on police, including the killing of Goforth who was shot 15 times in an ambush. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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