“The CAREN Act will make it unlawful for an individual to contact law enforcement solely to discriminate on the basis of a person’s race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity,” Walton said in a statement.
The bill would work alongside a proposal by California state Assemblyman Rob Bonta to make discriminatory 911 calls a hate crime. "If you are afraid of a Black family barbecuing in the community park, a man dancing and doing his normal exercise routine in the bike lane, or someone who asks you to comply with dog leash laws in a park, and your immediate response is to call the police, the real problem is with your own personal prejudice,” Bonta said in the statement.
Current California law considers false police reports misdemeanor or felony offenses. But that does not include those who make calls like those described in the CAREN Act.
? Aren't all false 911 calls illegal?
I'm DEFINITELY DELIGHTED!! THEY'RE GETTING ON MY LAST NERVE!😡😣😖IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WHITE WOMAN WANTS TO JUMP ON THE FOOLISH BANDWAGON. IT'S BECOME A DAMN NUISANCE BC THEY GONNA RUN UP ON THE WRONG ONE!! KEEP IT UP!
It’s already a law - making false calls to 911.
You’re going to have to define “racist” first because so far you haven’t been too accurate.
Yes!
Isn't already illegal to make false calls to 911? I'm so confused... Caren? Is this some kind of sick joke?
Oh, come on, call it something else. Seriously, there are so many lovely, intelligent, non-racist women named Karen (and Caren); don't institutionalize this momentary meme. Call the women what they are—racists. Call the bill something else.
Actual calls I have been sent to as a cop. Black pastor playing basketball with a group of black boys. Two black men behind a doctors office one carrying a broom one carrying a bag of trash. Black man driving a taxi. Multiple black persons riding bikes walking or just existing.
Fighting racism with a slur. Go figure
As well as bubba and smollett
I thought it was Karen with a K?
Karen's are so terrible .... A law has to be created to put them in check. 🤣 Karen CarenLaw RacistKaren CrazyKaren
Who decides if the call is discrimnation him? It would be ruled illgal in court as the general defense of the nation comes first and it would be far too broad to say oh that person called in a real 911 call cause the man was drunk and white vs a drunk black man thats racist crime
How could you prove it was racially motivated, not just a busybody bitchy flibbertigibbet getting all up in other people’s business? Like our white old lady neighbor two acres away who used to call my white mom & lecture her about fighting with our white dad in front of us kids?
How about fake hate crimes like pretend nooses?
😂👍
But our kids still struggle in school. Ok, I get you have dumb priorities.
Overboard You just make false calls illegal. (Aren’t they already?) And if they are proven to be racist false calls you can tack on a hate crime charge . Creating new laws is silly - enforce existing law.
This is going to have a chilling effect on the poor who can’t risk fines/lawsuits to call for help if they feel they’re in danger. The target is Karens, a noble cause, but this law is going to do more harm than good.
This will pair like cheese and wine with the homeless bodies, needles, trash and poop on the streets. With that lovely decor as backdrop, let's make calling the police while being white a crime! Mazel tov, y'all!
Well now they’re just messing with us...
And, as a side note, anyone who names their kid 'Karen' in 2020 is a sick freak.
so women would too scared to call for help? dangerous law
caren.. jesus 🤣
People shouldn't be afraid to call 911 when they feel that they're in danger.
this is something
My cousin will be thrilled.
i love it, its so funny to see racists beeing called with racist slurs. And this shithole country phrase was also a shot in the knee.
Lmfao there bringing a law called 'Caren' 😂
😂🤣
Good! And I hope they get a mandatory jail sentence.
Isn’t making false calls already illegal? I believe the term is “false alarm”
Should be the Amy Cooper act
Well played.
Ok... let’s agree to go 50/50 on this. Would anyone be opposed to the Karen Smollete Act
Just charge them with making a false report and up the penalities
I love it. The CAREN Act. Let’s do this! GavinNewsom
EXCELENTE!!!
Caren( or Karen) isn't a race so this isn't racist.
Let's see how this act will be exploited.
That’s a little vague and a lot of knee jerk. People cannot be discouraged to call the police if they are scared, Karen or not.
The CARENAct IS oppression ( of neurotic white chicks ) .
Can we also stop fake organizations that destroy historic statues and steal televisions..
Excellent idea.
Such an offense word
Love the fact it’s fallen caren.
But he won’t clean up his city? Cool
Is there a good reason for leaving a person's 'statistic' out of the bill as well..I been fighting for years for that very word that is not in with the rest of discrimination clauses but it can and does destroy families just the same, whatever color they are..
That's RICH!
Oh oh, JussieSmollett and BubbaWallace gonna be in trouble. fakes
Maybe SFO need to start street cleaning first?
Thats a great idea Karenarrest
Could you include the Smollett Act outlawing fake white on black attacks?
Caren Act 🤣 I love it. Please pass the law. Karen's need to be held accountable.
So would this apply to jussie and bubba?
Ridiculous.
Imagine if Trump came up with the LAQUISHA Bill?
Too bad they never made it illegal to misuse 911
why is this not already illegal?! Watched a movie called Watermelon Man today. Boy, was it relevant for our day. All about a racist White Supremacist who wakes up one day and is Black! Funny movie, but also deep... It was produced in 1970. BlackLivesMatter
royalmusing Caren is too cute by half.
Common, you could have made it the KAREN Act Karens Are Racist Evangelical Nutjobs Act
It’s a slur against women and it will allow prosecution of those reporting crimes committed by POC but only if you are not a POC. Racist yet?
Uh, that’s not already a crime?
The name is just the cherry on top
Why does NBC news hate Jewish people?
F--- YOU for spreading unjustified hate and prejudice toward a group of people with a common characteristic (first name). What that lawmaker is trying to accomplish w/ his bill proposal is belied by the acronym & derived meaning of it in the name. F--- HIM & YOU, you TRUMPS!
I guess if you're black it's ok to make a racial slur and turn it into a law then they wonder why there is racism
Should it not be called the Smollette Act?
Nothing racist about that right? Good grief now.
Why not Karen as the name used?
Good idea, save police coverage time.
so it should be equally fine to propose the Kiesha Act, a law proposed to add additional charges for anyone who instigates an altercation to the point force is required. dont worry, its not directed at any one race.
That’s slightly racist. Or a lot racist actually.
Yeah let's pass another law. That'll fix it.
Glad to see San Francisco has solved all their more pressing problems like , housing, homelessness, crime , etc that they have time to pass such bs laws. Why in the name of God would anybody want to live there?
when is SanFran gonna propose the TYRONE Act?
How about you just train the police to respond appropriately to a call. I have mixed feelings about this.
Then I JussieSmollett charges would finally stick!
Extremely offensive to propose a racial slur as an Act
What a HUGE ISSUE? How about 'peaceful' protesters burning or looting? Destruction of public property? How about outlawing defecating in the street? WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT!!!
False 911 calls are already a crime. Why is San Francisco city policy being run by emotional teenagers looking for Twitter cred?
HELLO !!!!!! All false 911 calls are illegal .... WTF
We begin to see who the actual racist people are and it's not white people.
Karen act is better..
Covid19 is the imminent threat take a number and wait until after a cure is found
what is a 'racist' call? who makes that determination?
I feel sorry for anyone named Karen.
Misuse of an emergency reporting system isn’t already against the law in California?
CAREN? I love it.
it's already illegal but thanks for stoking racial tensions NBC 🙄
This is hysterical.
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