Signs of Trouble in D.C.

Signs of unrest in the nation's capital.

These signs began to appear all over yesterday.

WARNING
THIS AREA HAS BEEN
DECLARED A DRUG FREE ZONE

Any person congregating in a group of 2 or more persons on 
public space within the boundaries of this drug free zone for 
the purpose of participating in the use, purchase of sale of 
illegal drugs, and who fails to disperse after being 
instructed to disperse by a uniformed member of the 
Metropolitan Police Department, is subject to arrest.  An 
arrest can result in a fine of not more than $300, 
Imprisonment for not more than 180 days or both.

Boundaries         _________________________

Dates and Times    _________________________

Larry D. Soulsby
Chief of Police
(Act 11-278, Anti-Loitering/Drug Free Zone Emergency Act of 1996)


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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:

> 
> Signs of unrest in the nation's capital.
> 
> These signs began to appear all over yesterday.
> 
> WARNING
> THIS AREA HAS BEEN
> DECLARED A DRUG FREE ZONE

Assuming you aren't joking, would somebody please please take a 
photograph of such a sign and post it on the web?

--Lucky

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Lucky Green wrote:

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> 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Signs of unrest in the nation's capital.
> > 
> > These signs began to appear all over yesterday.
> > 
> > WARNING
> > THIS AREA HAS BEEN
> > DECLARED A DRUG FREE ZONE
> 
> Assuming you aren't joking, would somebody please please take a 
> photograph of such a sign and post it on the web?

I'm not joking and will send an actual sign to whoever gives me a snail
mail address to do so.  I have two in my possession.

> 
> --Lucky
> 

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unicorn@schloss.li

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:

> WARNING
> THIS AREA HAS BEEN
> DECLARED A DRUG FREE ZONE

So, by virtue of declaring "this" area as a Drug Free zone, are they 
declaring other areas drug-unfree zones?  Does this legitimize the use of 
drugs in other zones? (could be an interesting flow of logic, only it's 
doubtfult it would hold "But yer honor, there was no sticker saying it 
was a drug free zone, so that means it's okay to do drugz" :)
 
> Any person congregating in a group of 2 or more persons on 
> public space within the boundaries of this drug free zone for 
> the purpose of participating in the use, purchase of sale of 
> illegal drugs, and who fails to disperse after being 
> instructed to disperse by a uniformed member of the 
> Metropolitan Police Department, is subject to arrest.  An 
> arrest can result in a fine of not more than $300, 
> Imprisonment for not more than 180 days or both.

So what happens if you're just hanging out and aren't doing drugs, say 
two guys wait for their friend or something, and have no drugs on them 
but don't disperse?

Can there a lawsuit be there against the officers who would arrest them 
for wrongful arrest?  (probably not)

This is of course vewy vewy silly.

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Black Unicorn wrote:
> Signs of unrest in the nation's capital.
> These signs began to appear all over yesterday.
> WARNING
> THIS AREA HAS BEEN
> DECLARED A DRUG FREE ZONE
> Any person congregating in a group of 2 or more persons on
> public space within the boundaries of this drug free zone for
> the purpose of participating in the use, purchase of sale of
> illegal drugs, and who fails to disperse after being
> instructed to disperse by a uniformed member of the
> Metropolitan Police Department, is subject to arrest.  An
> arrest can result in a fine of not more than $300,
> Imprisonment for not more than 180 days or both.
> Boundaries         _________________________
> Dates and Times    _________________________
> Larry D. Soulsby
> Chief of Police
> (Act 11-278, Anti-Loitering/Drug Free Zone Emergency Act of 1996)

I was in L.A. County Court in 1986, and I noticed a TV reporter in the 
bleachers.  The judge gave an injunction to some neighbors that their 
neighbors could not sell drugs, sleep on the lawn, etc., and it became 
big news then, since nobody had ever thought of that before.

So it looks like the law is evolving....