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Seattle City Council making more "good choices"
DoogieMcDoogerson
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in Tug Tavern
City Gets rid of Loitering and Prostitution ordinance
The report found that the ordinance can target individuals in the commercial sex industry, a group already at high risk for trafficking, abuse, and other exploitation. Bringing those individuals into the criminal legal system only exacerbates underlying unmet needs and exposes them to further harm caused by incarceration. Furthermore, the report concluded, in other cities with similar ordinances, data has shown that such loitering laws disproportionately impact people of color.
A 2019 report filed in the Western District Court of Washington found that Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) are frisked at a rate 15% higher than are White people and firearms were pointed at BIPOC individuals about 30% more often than at similarly situated white people. The removal of the statute eliminates one of those points of potentially negative interaction.
https://council.seattle.gov/2020/06/22/city-council-repeals-problematic-law-to-reduce-disproportionate-impact-on-communities-of-color/
The report found that the ordinance can target individuals in the commercial sex industry, a group already at high risk for trafficking, abuse, and other exploitation. Bringing those individuals into the criminal legal system only exacerbates underlying unmet needs and exposes them to further harm caused by incarceration. Furthermore, the report concluded, in other cities with similar ordinances, data has shown that such loitering laws disproportionately impact people of color.
A 2019 report filed in the Western District Court of Washington found that Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) are frisked at a rate 15% higher than are White people and firearms were pointed at BIPOC individuals about 30% more often than at similarly situated white people. The removal of the statute eliminates one of those points of potentially negative interaction.
https://council.seattle.gov/2020/06/22/city-council-repeals-problematic-law-to-reduce-disproportionate-impact-on-communities-of-color/
Comments
Tribute to RAZ and all da pimps in the hizzie.
But eventually the Russians and Armenians will get their guys in there and the pimps will end up in suitcases.
Pretty much did the same with shoplifting Problem solved!
https://crosscut.com/2019/10/whats-seattle-doing-solve-its-shoplifting-problem-nothing-really