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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by honkycat on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:26AM (#31363319)
We have never done that.

It is also extraordinarily expensive to do that.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by xyzzyz on Friday May 13, 2022 @02:08AM (#31363925)
Yes, we had and enforced vagrancy laws. It didn’t use to be expensive.
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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by cafard on Friday May 13, 2022 @06:13AM (#31365403)
Vagrancy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court almost 40 years ago: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/05/03/s.... A bit of reflection will suggest the possibilities of abuse under them.
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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by xyzzyz on Friday May 13, 2022 @02:11PM (#31370822)
Indeed, but a bit of observation shows me the abuse that happens without them.
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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by cafard on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:36PM (#31384470)
Perhaps if you were poorer or of a disfavored ethnic group, observation would show you the abuse that happens with them.
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