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Ohio lawmakers announce new legislation dealing with Karens and false, racially motivated 911 calls

Ohio lawmakers announce new legislation dealing with Karens and false, racially motivated 911 calls The bill would allow call victims to sue the caller for damages in civil court and would require the caller to complete bias training. Author: Gabriela Garcia (WBNS) Updated: 5:49 PM EST February 24, 2021 Ohio State Representatives Thomas West (D-Canton)  and  Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson)  are hoping to deal with “Karens” with new legislation involving false and racially motivated 911 emergency calls.  They announced their legislation Wednesday morning and were joined by Darren Cooper, a Hudson man, who was the target of such a call and ended up an incident that resulted in police unnecessarily arriving on the scene.  

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New Ohio Bill Aims To Stop Racially Motivated 911 Calls

0:46 State Rep. Thomas West (D-Canton) says people are calling police on African American Ohioans while they are doing things as simple as sitting in parked cars. West, an African American lawmaker, says it’s because that when people see a person of color, they sometimes react on their own fears. “This is about fear, people having fear about why they are making calls in the first place, West says. Darren Cooper of Hudson says he was the target of such a call. He says he was sitting in his parked car, talking on his phone, when a woman who saw him called police. The woman claimed he was holding a gun, raising it repeatedly, but when police arrived, they saw he was actually holding his iPhone and using the speaker phone function while talking.

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