panhandling
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ACLU demands 31 Colorado cities repeal anti-panhandling laws
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Tuesday announced they have sent letters to 31 cities in Colorado, demanding those cities repeal laws that restrict or ban panhandling. According to an ACLU statement, the letters are part of a nationwide effort to target cities in 12 states that ban or restrict panhandling. The ACLU letter went…
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Urban camping enforcement in Denver waned slightly in 2017
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Denver has drawn fire for its ban on homeless camping, or urban camping, since the policy first went on the city books. The city’s policy includes law enforcement sweeps that force the homeless to pack up and move elsewhere. However, those sweeps or police contacts waned slightly in 2017, Westword found. As Westword’s Chris Walker…
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ACLU wants 34 Colorado communities to drop panhandling bans
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The American Civil Liberties Union wants 34 Colorado cities and towns to get rid of ordinances that bar panhandling. The ACLU sent letters to the communities across the state on Wednesday asking them to scrap the laws and not enforce them in the meantime. Last year, the ACLU successfully blocked a Grand Junction law that limited when…
