The Los Angeles City Council wants to know how many anti-semitic and threatening flyers are being left at people's homes, as steps are being taken to crack down against distribution of these flyers.
The Council’s Public Safety Committee approved a motion to ask the city and L.A. Police Department to consider new penalties for hateful littering. It also asks to examine how hate flyers passed out in neighborhoods are currently being handled by the city.
Some people opposed the motion, arguing it’s a violation of First Amendment rights. According to the L.A. Times, speakers at the meeting warned committee members that this motion could lead to the censorship of pro-Palestinian messaging.
“This is not a public safety issue. This is a censorship issue. We have the right to protest, period,” one speaker said at the committee’s meeting. “We shouldn't even be having this conversation. This conversation was made to waste our time talking about sheets of paper when we should be talking about how to aid Gaza.”
The motion will now go to the full City Council.
The L.A. County Human Relations Commission’s 2022 report on hate crimes is expected to be released Wednesday. It’ll provide an analysis of hate crimes data collected from more than 50 law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and school districts.
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