Could Racially Motivated 911 Calls Become Hate Crimes?
LAPPL News Watch
June 25, 2020
Barbecuing at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Selling water without a permit.
Both instances in which a Black person was doing something deemed
criminal by a white person. Both instances in which a white person
called the police.
Now, as racial tensions continue to flare as the
nation protests the death of George Floyd and others, a California
lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would make discriminatory
911 calls a hate crime, joining a handful of states in pushing to
criminalize emergency calls. Three states — New
York, Oregon and Washington — have recently enacted new
laws.
California’s proposal “would provide multiple pathways for justice
for victims of racially weaponized 911 calls,” said Assemblyman Rob
Bonta, an Alameda Democrat and the bill’s author.
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