DC: Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence

David in Atlanta ""crude reductionist version of marxism""
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Submitted by David in Atlanta on 20 June, 2008 - 17:11.
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Jun 4, 2008 3:00 AM (16 days ago) by Michael Neibauer and Bill Myers, The Examiner
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - 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.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1423820~Lanier_plans_to_seal_off_rough__hoods_in_latest_effort_to_stop_wave_of_violence.html

Antieverything "3.2 on the oppresion-o-meter"
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13 July, 2008 - 18:02

I actually didn't believe this when I saw it...(I've never heard of 'The Examiner') so I had to check it out myself. I was convinced when I saw the DC Police page talking about it! It is amazing how little media coverage there was of this.

So the question is...are the checkpoints to keep 'criminals' from entering the neighborhoods (which is what the police claim) or to make sure that the neighborhood's most desperate residents have no choice but to prey on their neighbors rather than going uptown to mug people who actually have something worth taking?

treeofjudas "too cute to persecute"
Posts: 1178 Joined: 02-10-06 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel
13 July, 2008 - 18:22

Wow. I guess the US really is learning a lot from Israel, isn't it?

Antieverything "3.2 on the oppresion-o-meter"
Posts: 319 Joined: 27-02-07
13 July, 2008 - 21:32

Hey, man, show some respect. We were putting undesirables in cages before Israel even existed!

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
31 July, 2008 - 14:49

meh. us brits invented putting undesireables in cages!