SC lawmaker introduces 'CAREN' act to penalize non-emergency 911 calls

SC lawmaker introduces ‘CAREN’ act to penalize non-emergency 911 calls
VIDEO: SC lawmaker introduces ‘CAREN’ act to penalize non-emergency 911 calls
By Paola Tristan Arruda | April 21, 2021 at 9:04 PM EDT - Updated April 21 at 11:20 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A South Carolina lawmaker is proposing a bill that could penalize non-emergency 911 calls that can lead to racially charged altercations.
Rep. JA Moore has filed the “Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies” (CAREN) Act, which would allow an individual to take civil action against someone who uses a 911 call to “intentionally inflict harm on that person.”
“We want to make sure that the Karens of the world, those folks who are calling police on people that aren’t doing anything but being themselves, putting them on notice to make sure that we are not racially profiling people or profiling people based on gender, sexuality,” Moore said.

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