Petition Make abusing soldiers in Uniform an offence similar to that of abusing the police

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Where a soldier is in uniform and performing a public duty in the UK or in uniform going about their daily lives. Make it an offence to physically or verbally abuse that soldier i.e. profanity or spitting at the individual. This to be a seperate offence to that covered under current laws or section 5 of the public order act.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

492 signatures

10,000

Date closed 1 August 2013
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