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If they want to enforce drug laws, they should enforce drug laws. Not make it illegal for people to stand around in a public area. I'm surprised more people here aren't opposed to these types of laws. It's illegal for me to see a friend on a street corner and catch up with him? Oh, but I don't have to worry about being arrested because the cops will be targeting those people that they apparently suspect of dealing drugs. Well, if those people are selling drugs, arrest them for selling drugs, not for doing the same thing on a street corner that I am a block away. Or do people here feel that I should be arrested for talking to a friend out in public?

"Or do people here feel that I should be arrested for talking to a friend out in public?"

How often do you "catch up with a friend" (or 30 of your "friends") at 3am outside of a Hip Hop club? I mean, that's your right, but you're taking this to the extreme to make your point.

And I'm all for the right of Free Assembly and all that. But some things are what they are in Real Life, not just in the abstract. And Madistan is BLIND to the real issue here; Gangs are moving in, just as they do in all parts of our country that are blue and offer great amenities and plenty-o-social services, have a lax attitude toward crime and don't allow guns for the citizenry. In other words, where people are sitting ducks.

The Madistan City Coundil is making it into a "race thang" because...well, I don't know why. Maybe they're hoping Jesse or Al will show up to bless (pimp) our city or something? Who knows what lurks in the hearts and minds of Moonbat Progressive Dane lemmings?

This is ALL they have to say about Public Safety. Progressive Dane OWNS the City Council. In other words, it's every man for himself lest someone be offended:

Public Safety and Protection

1. Provide diversion programs and preventative, collaborative approaches that address the root causes of crime and juvenile delinquency with respect for civil rights and individual liberties as the primary approaches to dealing with non-violent crime.

2. Provide a secure treatment facility for alcohol and other drug abusers as the primary incarceration tool used to prevent repeat offenses and reduce jail crowding.

http://www.prodane.org/about_us/county_platform/#safety

Makes you just want to hug someone and sing Kumbaya, don't it? ;)

And I'm all for the right of Free Assembly and all that. But some things are what they are in Real Life, not just in the abstract.

Had to single this out - I have such a big problem with this attitude. It's like you're saying, yeah, we have constitutional rights - until some County decides they can't go after drug dealers by arresting dealers for selling drugs. Must be too difficult for them. So what we'll do is take one of your rights away to make it easier for the police to arrest drug dealers. And hey... as long as we're able to make more arrests, it must be a good thing right? Maybe we should give up some more of those rights in order to feel more secure. Can you see where this is leading?