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Utahns of Asian heritage keep wary eye for pandemic-related harassment No formal reports of hate crimes, but several say numbers may not tell the full story Share this story Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY For state lawmaker House Minority Whip Karen Kwan, attacks on Asian Americans in the pandemic have brought to mind her great-great-grandfather, who helped build the transcontinental railroad connecting America’s coasts but was barred from U.S. citizenship by federal law. “It recalls a time in which the Chinese were considered suspicious,” said Kwan. “He came at a time when this kind of rhetoric was the standard way of thinking, that the Chinese were inscrutable, and they needed to be careful of Chinese people.” ....
| Feb. 22, 2021, 8:31 p.m. People who fire a gun in self-defense or otherwise use force in a manner already justified under Utah law would have greater immunity from criminal prosecution under a bill that passed the House of Representatives on Monday. State Rep. Karianne Lisonbee told her colleagues that the measure, HB227, would decrease the risk that Utahns would face lengthy, costly prosecutions after acting to protect themselves or someone else from violence. “This can be financially devastating to most people,” Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, said, as bill supporters argued the very fear of a drawn-out legal battle could cause people to hesitate before drawing a gun in a life-and-death situation. ....
Utah legislative committee holds watered-down bill addressing controversial no-knock warrants The bill’s sponsor and law enforcement groups remained at an ‘impasse’ over a provision prohibiting no-knock warrants when their aim is to preserve evidence. (Jeremy Harmon | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police officers in Utah submit thousands of search warrants a year to judges, who are tasked with reviewing the paperwork and determining whether there is a probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. A Utah lawmaker is currently running a bill to rein in the use of no-knock warrants in the state. | Updated: Feb. 18, 2021, 1:29 a.m. A watered-down version of a bill seeking to rein in the use of controversial “no-knock warrants” which allow police to burst into someone’s home without warning in order to make an arrest or search for evidence of crimes stalled again in a House committee on Tuesday. ....