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For another news story about this. go hereWASHINGTON -
D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.
Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate “Neighborhood Safety Zones.” At least six officers will man cordons around those zones and demand identification from people coming in and out of them. Anyone who doesn’t live there, work there or have “legitimate reason” to be there will be sent away or face arrest, documents obtained by The Examiner show.
Lanier has been struggling to reverse D.C.’s spiraling crime rate but has been forced by public outcry to scale back several initiatives including her “All Hands on Deck” weekends and plans for warrantless, door-to-door searches for drugs and guns.
Under today’s proposal, the no-go zones will last up to 10 days, according to internal police documents. Front-line officers are already being signed up for training on running the blue curtains.
Peter Nickles, the city’s interim attorney general, said the quarantine would have “a narrow focus.”
“This is a very targeted program that has been used in other cities,” Nickles told The Examiner. “I’m not worried about the constitutionality of it.”
Others are. Kristopher Baumann, chairman of the D.C. police union and a former lawyer, called the checkpoint proposal “breathtaking.”
Shelley Broderick, president of the D.C.-area American Civil Liberties Union and the dean of the University of the District of Columbia’s law school, said the plan was “cockamamie.”
“I think they tried this in Russia and it failed,” she said. “It’s just our experience in this city that we always end up targeting poor people and people of color, and we treat the kids coming home from choir practice the same as we treat those kids who are selling drugs.”
The proposal has the provisional support of D.C. Councilman Harry “Tommy” Thomas, D-Ward 5, whose ward has become a war zone.
“They’re really going to crack down on what we believe to be a systemic problem with open-air drug markets,” Thomas told The Examiner.
Thomas said, though, that he worried about D.C. “moving towards a police state.” http://www.theagitator.com/2008/06/04/police-state-dc/
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/DC_checkpoint_plan_latest_police_state_0604.html
This is totall BS, WTF is going on??? How can they leaglly do this, so now apprently your not allowed rights ounce they put this lock down around your neighborhood??
Cop:Who are you?
Uhhm John
Cop:What are you doing here?
Uhhm walking my dog...
Cop: I demand to see your ID right now.
Okay... let me reach for my wallet
Cop: Hand goes to gun, pull it out slowly
Cop:You dont live or work in this neighborhood?
Uhhm no, just walking the dog, I live a couple blocks over...
Cop:Your not allowed here then, please leave immediately!!
What are you talking about, isn't this "Free America"? and isn't this a public road? Don't I have a legal right to freedom of movement?
Cop:Need back up for another crazy ass who thinks they have rights!!
Man, as a LEO I cannot stand crap like this.
Do I know who is a regular and who is not. You beat your ass I do. It's called Community Policing. I talk to folks about everything, what they drive, where they work, their hobbies, etc... it's called being friendly and getting to know folks. When someone comes into a neighborhood that does not belong there I will tail them and see what they're up to. If they're just stalking a area I take down their tag or description. Basically I get on their asses until they understand that I will not approve of what they're doing.
Criminals hunting for prey is obvious. But it's hard to make L&P. So in the end ride them long enough to make them stick out and they haul ass away.
What DC is doing is straight out of Cuba, Nazi Germany, or the Soviet Union.
How do they get away with this crap?
This is how they do it... Nickles told The Examiner. “I’m not worried about the constitutionality of it.”
I can't believe that the Citizens of DC aren't protesting this.
Myself as a LEO took an oath to uphold and protect the rights of the citizenry that I serve. By doing so that also means that I cannot violate their rights. DC is doing just that.
First it's a couple of check points with thyem asking for papers, next it's secret police and a gulag.
Sorry but in the United States of America, you have to right to freedom of movement on public roadways and land, you have a right to be secure on your person, and you have a right not to be asked for ID if a LEO just asks. (Supreme Court Ruling somewhat changed it. A LEO can ask for ID if the officer believes that the person is a suspect of a crime. But not just a everyday citizen walking down the street.)
Once again, Peter Nickles (Washington DC Attorney General) said and I quote "I’m not worried about the constitutionality of it."
The Attorney General is the High Law Enfocrment Offical of the Washington DC City Government.
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