Wednesday, April 23, 2008

News: Bill bars gangs from 'safety zones'

Maria Cramer and Shelley Murphy from the Boston Globe quote our Legal Director, John Reinstein, in this story about a bill that would make it a crime for gang members to stand together or talk to each other on public property.

There are all sorts of problems with the bill, such as the constitutional right to meet, and the fact that people who are simply mistaken for "gang members" could suffer under the law.

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