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DarkMageOzzie

Dec 21, 2008 08:02 AM

Being annoying will soon be illegal...

in one city in Michigan.

Michigan city bans being annoying in public - Yahoo! News

Quote:

BRIGHTON, Mich. – Ticking someone off could get you a ticket in one Michigan city. The Brighton City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance allowing police in the Livingston County community to ticket and fine anyone who is annoying in public "by word of mouth, sign or motions."

The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell reports the measure is modeled on a similar ordinance in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak.

A city attorney says there could be situations where the measure would violate freedom of speech, but that those cases will be reviewed by the city.

The ban takes effect Jan. 2.

I'm kinda thinking, wouldn't this be a violation of the freedom of speech? And who is going to decide what is considered annoying?

Ah! Amoeba

Dec 21, 2008 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkMageOzzie (Post 669000)

And who is going to decide what is considered annoying?

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Misogynyst Gynecologist

Dec 21, 2008 10:42 AM

"Innocent!"

"Throw him to the Sharkticons!"

McCloud

Dec 23, 2008 08:29 AM

Well fuck. I've already done community service and written a letter of apology for public indecency. This is going to ruin me something fierce.

orion_mk3

Dec 23, 2008 11:05 AM

Bah, everyone in Michigan knows that Royal Oak is a freaking police state--all those suburbs are, acting as they do like a containment wall to keep Detroit in its place.

So yeah, perfect people to use as your model! I wonder if Brighton will adopt the shoot on sight hobo ordinance next.

packrat

Dec 23, 2008 12:18 PM

This law is nothing new to the world of city ordinances. In essence, this is nothing more than an expansion of a previous law that allowed prosecution of targeted harassment ("targeted" being the operative word) in public places. The original law's wording was very scant, limited in scope, and easily circumvented as it stood. The funny thing is that the segment people have been up in arms over (Section 54-98 line (a)) is prior legislation that had been in place since July 2003. Even as it originally was, the ordinance didn't allow the prosecution of people arbitrarily labeled as annoying.

Sensationalism by any other name ("weird news") smells just as rancid.

russ	Dec 23, 2008 12:58 PM

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A city attorney says there could be situations where the measure would violate freedom of speech, but that those cases will be reviewed by the city.

Sweet, the city is taking it upon itself to decide whether or not the city's employees are violating the constitution.

Watts

Dec 24, 2008 11:14 AM

It's just another tax to be levied. Haha!

Wonder how desperate the cities' fiscal outlook is.

Bernard Black

Dec 24, 2008 01:22 PM

Aaaah, a public nuisance law, always fun~

I didn't realise we had them here until I asked about it because I'm highly inoffensive in public. Mostly.

Lyth	Dec 24, 2008 10:37 PM

Wow... I'm surprised I didn't read this in the paper earlier... Oh well, just goes to show how jacked up things are here in Michigan...

value tart

Jan 4, 2009 03:53 AM

I wasn't aware we needed any more clarification about how much it sucks to live in Michigan.

YO PITTSBURGH MIKE HERE

Jan 4, 2009 04:36 AM

My feelings on this ordinance hinge on whether it allows for Mo0 to be banned from Gamingforce to preempt any possibility of a Brightonite being annoyed.

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