In just a few years, we’ve gone from “If you see something, say something” to “If you see something involving a person of marginalization keep your damn mouth shut or you’re going to prison.”
From the SF Chronicle:
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the Caren Act Tuesday — a new law that makes it illegal for someone to call 911 with a false, racially charged complaint.
The name of the law — Caution Against Racially and Exploitative Non-Emergencies — is a play on the internet meme of “Karens,” which represent entitled white women complaining about people of color. The law, which must pass a second vote next week, would allow people to sue the 911 caller in civil court if they felt harassed or discriminated against by the action.
[…] “Rather than calling the police or law enforcement on your neighbor or someone who you think doesn’t look like they should be your neighbor, try talking to them and getting to know them. Build relationships to know your community,” said Supervisor Shamann Walton, author of the ordinance.
The hope is that the legislation will spur people to use more discretion when calling 911 for a nonemergency. The law applies to those who feel they were harassed or embarrassed by a 911 caller, on the basis of race, sex, age, religion, disability, gender identity, weight or height.
Translation: check your privilege and accept getting robbed, raped or murdered.
Eddie Zipperer @EddieZipperer
CAMEROTA: "What if in the middle of the night my home is broken into. Who do I call?"
BENDER: "Yes, I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors. And I know — and myself, too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1269951088964370432
https://banned.video/watch?id=5f91128bf0b0dd165f0dbf46
Poster Comment:
In 1967 in San Francisco, a black judge decriminalized the jungle bunny kidnap and gang rape of white women. In the early 1990s I was on the light rail in San Jose when I met a bunch of educators from a conference. I got talking to them. They said growers racists because they would not send their sons to a public school. I said where they would get beaten up. I also said their daughters would get raped. What would they do to a white girl who reported a rape to the police? They said they would flunk her out so she could not go to a university. She must be punished for her racism. That was 25 years. Hate to think what they are doing now.