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Bill Would Introduce Penalties For Fake 9-1-1 Calls


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Democratic State Representative Thomas West says people are calling police on African American Ohioans while they are doing things as simple as sitting in parked cars, making phone calls. West says it’s because sometimes, when people see a person of color, they react on their own fears.
 
“This is about fear, people having fear about why they are making calls in the first place.”
 
Under the new bill, victims of such calls could sue in civil court. And callers could be required to complete an implicit bias training program. 
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New Ohio Bill Aims To Stop Racially Motivated 911 Calls


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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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New Bill Aims to Stop Fake 9-1-1 Calls


State Rep. Thomas West (D-Canton) talks about the proposed legislation .
Two state lawmakers from northeast Ohio are among those supporting legislation to reduce what they say are racist incidents involving fake 911 calls.
State Representatives Thomas West (D-Canton) and Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) introduced the measure.
West says people are calling police on African American Ohioans while they are doing things as simple as sitting in parked cars, making phone calls. West, an African American lawmaker, says it’s because, sometimes, when people see a person of color, they react on their own fears.
“This is about fear, people having fear about why they are making calls in the first place, West says. ....

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Virtual town halls promote vaccines | News, Sports, Jobs


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COLUMBUS, Ohio The state held the first of four planned virtual town hall meetings Monday to answer questions about vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic and to encourage people to get the shots.
The first town hall at coronavirus.ohio.gov, directed to ward African American Ohioans, included Black medical professionals, advocates and representatives of the faith communities who spoke with the goal of assuring viewers of the vaccine’s safety.
Panelists began by acknowledging the mistrust many in the African American community have for government programs related to health care, mentioning the Tuskegee Experiments of the 1930s through the 1970s that involved secretly withholding treatment for syphilis. Speakers added that African American professionals were involved in the development of the vaccine and that 10 percent of the study group of 4,400 and 3,000 people for the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, respectively, were composed of Afric ....

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