'Karens' beware: A new law would target calling 911 for ‘racially exploitative non-emergencies.’
Calling 911 to report a fabricated, racially-biased emergency would be illegal in San Francisco under a new proposal called, appropriately enough, the CAREN Act.
“Karen,” of course, has become a pop-culture catch-all name for people who call the police on minorities for trivial matters, exaggerating a situation or falsely claiming they’re breaking a law. Recent incidents include a New York woman who called the police on a Black bird-watcher in Central Park; an Alameda, Calif.
Fellow San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney co-authored the bill, and noted in a tweet: “Racist false reports put people in danger and waste resources.” While it is already illegal to file a false police report, that legislation would add a hate-crime designation to reports based on racial bias.
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