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San Francisco lawmakers have passed a bill that will make it a crime to unnecessarily call the police on people. The Caren Legislation Act which stands for Caution Against Racial and Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act was named after the Karen meme of White women who have called 911 on Black people.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved to pass the bill earlier this week. One of the supervisors, who is Black, Shamann Walton who introduced the bill said “911 calls and emergency reports are not customer service lines for racist behaviour … People of colour have the right to do everyday activities and should not be subject to being harassed due to someone’s racial bias.” To read more about this story click here.