Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Please to Hand over Your Papers, Citizen

Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence - Examiner.com: "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."

1 comment:

Todd Mason said...

It's always fun watching how the local DC government can so readily mirror the national government that so regularly abuses it.