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Press California<\/a> – March 16, 2021<\/p>\n SACRAMENTO \u2013 A Bay Area assemblyman wants to ban from service police officers and police officer candidates who are members of hate groups or have used hate speech in the past, even in \u201ca private discussion forum\u201d online.<\/p>\n Yet the definition of a \u201chate group\u201d and \u201chate speech\u201d used by Assemblyman Ash Kalra\u2019s (D \u2013 San Jose) new bill, AB 655, is incredibly broad. Not only does it include armed militia groups and white supremacists promoting \u201cdomestic terrorism,\u201d it also includes police officers expressing conservative religious or political views on abortion, marriage, and gender or with membership in a political party or church that does.<\/p>\n One legal expert said the bill would \u201cusher in a new era of McCarthyism\u201d where Muslim, Catholic, Evangelicals, and even registered Republicans would be blacklisted from law enforcement jobs.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder the guise of addressing police gangs, the bill at the same time launches an inexplicable, unwarranted, and unprecedented attack on peaceable, conscientious officers who happen to hold conservative political and religious views,\u201d wrote Pacific Justice Institute Senior Staff Attorney Matthew McReynolds.<\/p>\n \u201cIndeed, this is one of the most undisguised and appalling attempts we have ever seen, in more than 20 years of monitoring such legislation, on the freedom of association and freedom to choose minority viewpoints.\u201d<\/p>\n According to a bill fact sheet provided by Kalra\u2019s office, AB 655 is needed to root out \u201cextremist infiltration\u201d into our police departments as evidenced by \u201cthe apparent cooperation, participation, and support of some law enforcement,\u201d gave to insurrectionists during the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.<\/p>\n The document goes on to say that California sheriff departments all over the state have been \u201cplagued by texting, email, and social media scandals where officers exchanged racist and homophobic messages.\u201dAB 655 would require police candidates to receive a background check for \u201cofficial membership in a hate group, participation in hate group activities, or other public expressions of hate.\u201dPublic complaints of employed police officers would result in the same investigation, \u201cand if sustained, could lead to termination.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/presscalifornia.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Press California – March 16, 2021 SACRAMENTO \u2013 A Bay Area assemblyman wants to ban from service police officers and police officer candidates who are members of hate groups or have used hate speech in the past, even in \u201ca private discussion forum\u201d online. 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