Washington State Introduces Snitch Line for ‘Hate Crimes’

Lawmakers in Democrat-run Washington have introduced a “snitch line” for residents to call in and report “hate crimes.”

“The bill says the hotline should be staffed during business hours. It says call takers should provide victims with information, refer them to culturally competent, trauma-informed local service providers for additional help and document the calls for annual reports. Identifying information will be kept out of the reports and will be exempt from public disclosure requests,” Breitbart reported.

“SB 5427 passed the Senate on Feb. 7 and cleared the House on Wednesday, drawing unanimous support from Democrats and near-unanimous opposition from Republicans. It’s now headed to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk to be signed into law,” the outlet continued.

“Proponents say a hotline is needed because many hate crimes currently go unreported to — or undocumented by — police[.]”

“Washington police reported 590 hate crimes to the FBI for 2022, 651 for 2021 and 462 for 2020,” the report admits. “In the most recent year, 63% of the state’s hate crimes were related to race, ethnicity or ancestry, while 18% were related to sexual orientation and 10% were related to religion.”

And yes, this is nothing less than a snitch line: “Especially in marginalized communities, people might be afraid to contact police. Even when police are contacted, they might lack evidence to document a hate crime.”