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Me.

(35,454 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 03:43 PM Jun 2020

THe People Who Call The Police On Innocent Citizens Need To Be held Accountable

Being called Karen, or whatever the male equivalent is, and shamed publicly isn't enough. They are, in some cases, causing criminal harm by putting others in danger. What about charges against them?

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THe People Who Call The Police On Innocent Citizens Need To Be held Accountable (Original Post) Me. Jun 2020 OP
Also wasting law enforcement resources. nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #1
I agree. Charge them with false reporting g and harassment. 33taw Jun 2020 #2
At the very least they should be made to pay for the costs associated with that emergency call. alwaysinasnit Jun 2020 #3
Totally Agree!! healthnut7 Jun 2020 #4
True StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #6
I think the whole call is made hoping they will cause someone else harm & not incidental at all lunasun Jun 2020 #7
And They Do Cause Harm Me. Jun 2020 #10
They want to sic trigger-happy murderous cops on people of color they don't like dalton99a Jun 2020 #8
This Me. Jun 2020 #9

healthnut7

(249 posts)
4. Totally Agree!!
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jun 2020

What a waste of time they incur and should be fined so as to make sure they think twice before calling in on someone, who has done nothing wrong.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
5. True
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 04:02 PM
Jun 2020

It it's only very recently that white America has taken this seriously.

Until the overwhelming video evidence - and, yes, the "Karen" memes and mocking - black people who experienced this were ignored and dismissed and told we were exaggerating, making it up, and/or overreacting. And still, some folks consistently try to hijack the discussions with "Save the poor, mistreated Karens!" distractions.

There's no way without this public attention in the last few months that anyone would even have considered taking this to the level of making such behavior legally actionable.

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