The city of Minneapolis has set up a hotline for residents to report citizens who criticize Islam, in order to investigate them for "hate speech", according to statements on the city’s website.
The city, run by Democrat Mayor Besty Hodges, a non-Muslim who regularly wears a hijab in public, will operate the "service" through its 3-1-1 helpline, and claims it is targeting any "harassing behaviors motivated by prejudice", according to a press release.
According to the local newspaper, the Star-Tribune, "the announcement comes amid signs of a recent surge of such incidents affecting Muslims and Jews across the country, many of which go unreported."
The city’s Department of Civil Rights clearly states on its website that it only enforces hate crimes against certain "protected classes." Muslim imams, as members of the "protected class," can preach the destruction of America from a Minneapolis mosque, and they will not be prosecuted.
A city official also admitted the motivation behind establishing the hotline was the election of President Trump and the city government are targeting are his supporters.
"Since the general election, many of us have experienced, witnessed firsthand or heard of actions of: racism, xenophobia, sexism and bigotry directed at people here and in cities across the United States," Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights Director Velma Korbel wrote in a statement posted on the city’s website.
"In no uncertain terms, hate-motivated speech and actions have no place in Minneapolis nor will they be tolerated."
SOURCE
https://newspunch.com/minneapolis-hotline-report-americans-islam/
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