MartyBall4Buffalo Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Don't worry the cops are just here for your safety. Quietly ignore the stomping on of freedom, and quietly move along, to the next checkpoint. As far as other cities where this is done. It probably happens, but not talked about. I have a feeling it'll be largely ignored and chalked up as acceptable, cause they're keeping others "safe".
Steely Dan Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 I cannot possibly see this passing the Supreme Court, even with the Bush appointees.
MartyBall4Buffalo Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 I cannot possibly see this passing the Supreme Court, even with the Bush appointees. Initiatives such as the Neighborhood Safety Zones have been accepted by federal courts as a legitimate law enforcement practice in keeping with the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment The constitutionality of the NSZ initiative has been reviewed by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General. The NSZ will be launched next week in the Trinidad area
Booster4324 Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 DCTom to seal off neighborhoods Man, I knew he was a jerk, but wow.
olivier in france Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Check points in the streets? Did not know DC was in Irak...
Steely Dan Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Initiatives such as the Neighborhood Safety Zones have been accepted by federal courts as a legitimate law enforcement practice in keeping with the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment The constitutionality of the NSZ initiative has been reviewed by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General. The NSZ will be launched next week in the Trinidad area It sounds like it hasn't gone to the Supreme Court yet. Did they refuse to hear it or did they just not get it yet?
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Can they do this in DC being it is not a state? I would think being the District of Columbia, they can get "away" with more? Or am I off my phucking rocker (take your shots if you must!)?...
DC Tom Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Well, they could just stop suspicious-looking people...but that would be profiling. So, much like strip-searching 80-year old women for box cutters at airports, they have to check everybody. I don't know what's funnier, the idea that this plan has a snowball's chance in hell of being even remotely effective, or that paper's hysterical coverage of it.
PastaJoe Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 They must be taking a cue from Iraq where the ethnic neighborhoods have been divided with large barriers. Instead of spreading democracy to Iraq, we're importing segregation from Iraq.
erynthered Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 They must be taking a cue from Iraq where the ethnic neighborhoods have been divided with large barriers. Instead of spreading democracy to Iraq, we're importing segregation from Iraq. Its that "Soul Train" mentality, Joe.
Alaska Darin Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 They must be taking a cue from Iraq where the ethnic neighborhoods have been divided with large barriers. Instead of spreading democracy to Iraq, we're importing segregation from Iraq. What, you don't like big government solutions to problems?
Cugalabanza Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 So, they are going to restrict people from entering these neighborhoods, but the people already inside will be free to leave whenever they want? Not good enough!
Beerball Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 DCTom to seal off neighborhoods Man, I knew he was a jerk, but wow. I could understand if Alaska had seal neighborhoods, but DC?
Cugalabanza Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 I could understand if Alaska had seal neighborhoods, but DC? Yeah, all kinds of crazy stuff goes on in D.C. Stuff they don't want you to know about. That's why they don't want us to go there. Next they're gonna move it to a secret location in 4-dimensional space/time so even Charles Whidmore can't find it.
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