tv to sort it out. let s talk about this story out of new york this on-air meteorologist this woman for new york s wabc-tv, arrested, heidi jones is her name. she reported that a hispanic male attacked her while she was jogging in central park but during questioning, she recap theed her story. what has jones been charged with? at this point, brooke, she has been charged with filing a false police report. and that is punishable it is a class a misdemeanor. you could end up in jail for one year. you can be fined $1,000. and many people don t realize that filing a false police report is a crime and you can end up in prison for something like that. you mentioned prison. do we know how long she could end up being in prison? what is the punishment? the punishment is at least a year, up to a year in prison. i understand that she has also been with suspended from her position at wabc. some sources are saying that she will be fired but i think it is unlikely that she will spend time in pr
she has his side to herself. you contrast that with these false allegation that are the only great thing is that she didn t think of anybody. unlike the duke lacrosse victim. this woman didn t finger anybody. megyn: but she did inject race. nationality into the whole thing. she said it was a hispanic male. i have a few problems with this otherren the obvious. we don t have a lot of police resources in the city. the police have a lot of big triples to worry about in new york. they don t need to chase after the false ones. we have enough racial tensions in the city some begin with. the whole business with the mosque over ground zero. a cabbie just got murdered. we don t need somebody coming in saying a hispanic guy who tried
shortly that the judge will issue some kind of stop, temporary restraining order on the law passed, and we look forward to that ruling. i m still trying to figure out how this law is implemented in practice. every day on the streets of arizona. let s just take the example that we hear most often. i m a hispanic male and i m pulled over for a busted tail light. i produce a valid driver s license, registration card and insurance information. i m cited and released is that the end of that law enforcement contact? yeah, absolutely. that would be the end of it. the law specifically prohibits any consideration of the law or national origin. the only way that that law enforcement encounter you described would in any way result in any inquiry into your immigration status, imagining
eyes of the world are watching arizona. you know that police are already videotaping those dash cams, videotapes will be closely scrutinized and every single report critics and opponents will scan with a fine tooth comb. the law says that you cannot consider someone s race. if there is a bank robbery and the suspect is described as an hispanic male, police can use that information to question someone about the bank robbery, but they cannot use the information to question someone s immigration status. several times on this dvd it says that racial profiling is illegal. and counter productive. here is a sample, listen. treat others the way you wish to be treated. act and relate to them as you would expect an officer to relate to you. rick: the video goes on to versus that it is a misdemeanor
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