Brickbat: Don't Call

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New York state Sen. Jesse Hamilton has proposed a bill that would make it a hate crime to call 911 about people people of color who are found to have committed no crime. It is already illegal in New York to make false 911 calls. Hamilton says he proposed the bill after a self-described supporter of Presdient Donald Trump called police to report him for speaking with constitutients.

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