A California lawmaker announced that he will introduce a bill that would make it a hate crime to make discriminatory 911 calls by rachsandl
, which will be introduced by California Assemblymember Rob Bonta, would add making a false emergency report to the state’s hate crimes statute, meaning that 911 calls motivated by someone’s race, religion, gender or any other protected class would qualify as a hate crime.
In a statement, Bonta said the intent isn’t to discourage legitimate 911 calls from people who are facing real danger or reporting a crime in good faith. Instead, the statement says, the bill is meant to “prevent the weaponization of our law enforcement against communities of color,” adding that racist 911 calls are “dangerous, demeaning and demoralizing to the person falsely accused.”the maximum sentence could result in three years of prison time and will allow victims of discriminatory 911 calls to sue and ask for damages.went viral earlier this month for calling the police on a Black man who asked her to keep her dog leashed in Central Park.
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