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| Providence Passes Ordinance Welcoming Gang Members To Their City |
| 2017-04-23 |
| [LawOfficer.com] Here are some of the items that the future victims of Providence Crime need to be aware of: Traffic stops can no longer be used as probable cause to investigate further criminal activity. Police may not ask for identification more than once including "police may not consider an individual’s lack of proof of identification or failure to respond to a request for identifying information as probable cause or reasonable suspicion of criminal activity." Police may not photograph anyone below the age of 18 and if a photo (under certain guidelines) is allowed, it must be destroyed in 90 days. "Police may not inquire about an individual’s immigration status." There is an entire appeal process for anyone listed as a gang member to not be listed as a gang member. "If an individual has no convictions within a two-year period after their name has been placed on the "gang list," and no new evidence meeting the criteria for inclusion on the "gang list" has been found, the name shall be removed and all related records destroyed." And of course, the ordinance ends with an entire page on how police will be prosecuted and sued for any violation of anything in the ordinance of which must goes far and beyond any case law or practice that any agency in this country is currently doing. Actually, the piles of paperwork that the Act requires of a police officer after they stop someone is done in another city....Chicago. Hasn’t that worked out well there? |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #6 State suicide on the installment plan. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-04-23 22:28 |
| #5 once: "Cianci was first elected mayor as the candidate of the Republican Party. While in office, he declared himself an independent and, as of 2009, he said that he had no party affiliation" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-23 09:43 |
| #4 And Buddy C. was a Republican... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-04-23 09:22 |
| #3 Providence - home of Buddy Cianci and Broken Pensions |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-23 09:03 |
| #2 The only way Democrats in RI can stay within the law, especially the city gov't. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-23 09:03 |
| #1 I'll bet the police embrace this ordinance and the flood of criminals with open arms (sarc). What a moronic ordinance. These people must be smoking whacky weed. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-23 08:17 |