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Regular Member
The police can not or will not do their jobs and the response from politicians is to take away our rights (supposedly so that they can keep us safe!!!).
http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/...keep-Quarter-safe/B7IOrZ7NSEeg92tQ6U6Ojw.cspx
NEW ORLEANS - A few weeks ago, Councilmember Kristen Palmer watched a fight spill out of a Bourbon Street bar into the road. One of the people involved pulled out a knife and stabbed the other.
Palmer thinks a tougher law regarding weapons in bars could prevent some violent crimes in the French Quarter, like the Halloween night shooting that left Albert Glover dead and seven others hurt.
State law currently allows officers to search people without a warrant if they're inside Alcohol Beverage Outlets, including bars.
"We're wondering if we go out 50 feet from an entrance or an egress to basically see if you then would also have the ability to be searched," says Palmer.
Palmer wants the city council and French Quarter businesses to consider strengthening the law, allowing police to search anyone deemed suspicious up to 50 feet outside places serving alcohol.
New Orleans Police Chief Ronal Serpas thinks the tougher law could help.
"We support what Councilmember Palmer is trying to do and will enforce any law that is passed," says Serpas. "The police department will enforce any law that is passed and will assist in any way we can to get the law passed."
Passing the law could lead to legal challenges. The executive director of Louisiana's American Civil Liberties Union says the proposal sets up an absolute violation of the right to be free of unconstitutional search and seizure.
Palmer is meeting with the A.C.L.U. on Wednesday
http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/...keep-Quarter-safe/B7IOrZ7NSEeg92tQ6U6Ojw.cspx
NEW ORLEANS - A few weeks ago, Councilmember Kristen Palmer watched a fight spill out of a Bourbon Street bar into the road. One of the people involved pulled out a knife and stabbed the other.
Palmer thinks a tougher law regarding weapons in bars could prevent some violent crimes in the French Quarter, like the Halloween night shooting that left Albert Glover dead and seven others hurt.
State law currently allows officers to search people without a warrant if they're inside Alcohol Beverage Outlets, including bars.
"We're wondering if we go out 50 feet from an entrance or an egress to basically see if you then would also have the ability to be searched," says Palmer.
Palmer wants the city council and French Quarter businesses to consider strengthening the law, allowing police to search anyone deemed suspicious up to 50 feet outside places serving alcohol.
New Orleans Police Chief Ronal Serpas thinks the tougher law could help.
"We support what Councilmember Palmer is trying to do and will enforce any law that is passed," says Serpas. "The police department will enforce any law that is passed and will assist in any way we can to get the law passed."
Passing the law could lead to legal challenges. The executive director of Louisiana's American Civil Liberties Union says the proposal sets up an absolute violation of the right to be free of unconstitutional search and seizure.
Palmer is meeting with the A.C.L.U. on Wednesday