A proposed ordinance in Grand Rapids would make it a “criminal misdemeanor to racially profile people of color for participating in their lives.'
was going door to door in her district outside Portland to speak to constituents in July when a resident called police on her because she looked “suspicious.” Now, Bynum is backing a bill that would allow victims of racially biased 911 calls about non-crimes to sue the callers in small claims court for up to $250.
Opponents of each have raised similar concerns. One is that making false crime reports is already illegal in many parts of the U.S. Another is that although it’s relatively easy for police who show up at a scene to determine that there’s no crime, it’s harder to decide whether the 911 caller was acting in a racist manner in making a report.
In Grand Rapids, the proposal is part of a larger human rights ordinance that has been under debate since early this year. A vote scheduled this month was pushed back to allow more community input and because of questions over how such a law would work in practice.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
This Woman Thought She Spotted A Vulnerable Person On The Ledge Of A Building But It Turned Out To Be An UmbrellaThis Woman Thought She Saw A Handmaid On The Ledge Of A Building, Called 911, And Thankfully It Was Something Else Entirely
Lire la suite »
Japanese firms resist hiring foreign workers under new immigration law: Reuters pollOnly one in four Japanese companies plan to actively employ foreign workers unde...
Lire la suite »
New York passes law to allow Congress to obtain Trump's tax returnsThe state Legislature also passed another bill targeting Trump. It would allow New York to prosecute Trump associates even if they are pardoned by the president, called the “double jeopardy” bill.
Lire la suite »
Abortion rights activists protest restrictive new laws across the countryAbortion rights activists across the country take to the streets to protest recent wave of restrictive state laws.
Lire la suite »
New law ends use of restraints on pregnant inmates as advocates push for moreNew law ends use of restraints on pregnant inmates as advocates push for more to be done.
Lire la suite »
GOP plan to support new abortion lawsA federal judge in Mississippi blocked Mississippi's six week abortion ban as unconstitutional on the same day Missouri's governor signed its abortion ban into law. ACLU and Planned Parenthood vow to challenge that law after filing a lawsuit against Alabama's ban. Ali Velshi discusses with Ana Marie Cox.
Lire la suite »
Gillibrand zeros in on abortion in wake of new state lawsGillibrand told two-dozen voters in an Iowa coffee shop that “a women should be able to decide when she’s having children, how many children she’s having and under what circumstances she’s having”
Lire la suite »
States move to outlaw 'prison gerrymandering'The Census Bureau's counting of prisoners as residents of the places where they serve their time is used by states to draw up legislative maps. Advocates say this violates the constitutional principle of one person, one vote.
Lire la suite »