City Council’s only Jewish member proposes massive rewrite of Chicago’s hate crime ordinance – Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Debra Silverstein believes it’s time to strengthen a hate crimes ordinance last updated more than 30 years ago. At this week’s Council meeting, she and 32 co-sponsors plan to create the category of “hate incident” and allow Chicagoans to report those less-serious incidents by calling the city’s 311 non-emergency number or by using the 311 app.
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Giddyap
2 years ago

50th Ward Ald. Debra Silverstein Wants City To Track Hateful Incidents — How About Starting With Fake News Fraud Shit-Rag Chicago Magazine’s Screed About The Conservative Wards In Chicago — INCLUDING A VILE ANTI-SEMITIC DOG-WHISTLE RANT AGAINST THE 50TH WARD’S JEWISH ALDERMAN, AND HER ORTHODOX JEWISH SUPPORTERS

marko
2 years ago

There’s no such thing as hate speech. There is no such thing as a hate crime. This is a very dangerous, slippery slope where the thought police can give unequal weight to equal crimes.

Ex Illini
2 years ago

Chicago can’t answer 911 calls. Exactly who will be handling the 311 calls?

susan
2 years ago

Legal accusations of ‘Hate Speech’ can be monetized. “Hate Speech’ hasn’t yet been legally defined, in that certain races or sexual preferences are excluded from defenses from this emerging litigious bonanza (such as equitable estoppal), and excluded from claiming damages for the reputational and economic destruction inherent in even being accused of “Hate Speech”. ‘Hate Speech’ legal designation should, if the law is indeed equally applied, include labelling anyone a “Racist” or “White Supremacist” or “Hate Speech (user)” without citable proof specific to the accused. ‘Hate Speech’ legal designation should include, for one example, Muslims’ speech against Jews/Gentiles/Non-Muslims/Women/Homosexuals. “Hate Speech”… Read more »

Admin
2 years ago
Reply to  susan

No, hate speech in protected by the First Amendment.

susan
2 years ago
Reply to  Mark Glennon

If so, how is SPLC able to make millions in civil litigation against “Hate Groups’, while publishing their own damaging and incendiary Hate Map?

Old Joe
2 years ago

It’s only a hate crime if a white heterosexual commits it.

I’ll even go out on a limb and bet you that Lil Kim has never prosecuted a POC for a hate crime in her life.

Someone prove me wrong.

ProzacPlease
2 years ago

Have the Democrats gone so far into insanity that a Jewish woman does not see any danger in encouraging people to snitch on their neighbors for speech crimes?

debtsor
2 years ago
Reply to  ProzacPlease

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