Tuesday, June 15, 2004
 
Yea, Verily, Open Another Seal

For Brian J. Noggle agrees with Eugene Kane of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who saith:
    That's my concern as well. With dozens - or hundreds - of young black people driving at the same time, it's hard to pick and choose who's breaking the law and who isn't.

    I don't have any solutions to stop cruising, but there are plenty of answers for what to do about young people vandalizing homes, assaulting gas station employees and stealing merchandise.

    Arrest them and charge them accordingly. Because that kind of behavior is a crime; it's not cruising.

    Even though we all want to get more sleep and less nuisance, it's important to remember there's a difference.
Cracking down on cruising, or conspiracy, or obstruction, or possession, or regulatory "crimes", or the various other strict liability offenses that divorce mens rea from actus reus in our criminal system.

Of course, that's easy for me to say now because advocating changing this particular law is not yet a crime--although the concept is not inconceivable.


- posted by Brian J. @ 8:53 PM
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