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Roxanne, You Can’t Cross That Red Line…

I heard this story on the way to work last week. It really blew me away. Then I got cut off by some ignoramus who righted-on-red about 10 seconds before they would have had a green light anyway, and I lost my train of thought. Thank you to Kip for reminding me of the issue.

Richmond [Virginia] is clamping down on prostitutes and customers in their favorite spots.

City Council voted unanimously last night to approve the creation of Target Enforcement Zones that would make it a crime for a previously arrested prostitute or "john" to be seen in three neighborhoods.

That’s right. It is illegal for you to be in that neighborhood if you were once arrested for prostituting your own body or soliciting somebody to do so. That's what's new in America. That's what's going down in the Capital of the Confederacy – give a rebel yell and don’t let ‘em tell you how to live, right fellas?

At the request of city prosecutors, judges will be able to prohibit someone with a previous arrest from entering the zones unless they live, work or worship in the area. Enforcement begins Oct. 1.

Worship what? I smell a loophole...

Some council members expressed concern that the zones might push the streetwalkers to other parts of the city.

If I thought that this might lead to zoning ordinances that defined prostitution to be permissible in certain locations, I would be very impressed with the almost comprehension of personal freedoms. It would be a very small step in the libertarian direction.

I assume this means that last year’s solution didn’t work.

the RPD also launched "Johns TV" on the city’s public-access station, a controversial program that airs the faces of all those who have been convicted recently of soliciting a prostitute in Richmond.

This redlining is a big problem that's building up. How many different “problems” will Progressives (on both the Left and the Right) attempt to “solve” in this manner? It doesn’t matter whether you own your body or your land, they’re going to do this anyway. Keep thinking about this practice. You haven’t heard the last of it. It simply will not stop with this particular vice. Yours is somewhere on the list, pal.

Posted by Wulf on September 16, 2006 at 09:18 PM

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This is unbelievable. Crimminy.

I can see it now:

"So, what'r'ya in for?"

"Walking around in the south side of town."

"What were you doing? Robbing people? Selling crack to children? Light'n cars on fire?"

"No, just walking."

Posted by: Rammage at September 18, 2006 10:33 AM

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