Posted on 02/05/2023 2:24:39 PM PST by Libloather
The New Orleans Police Department can now shutter businesses that are harboring "violent and serious crime," after the city council unanimously approved an ordinance aimed at cutting skyrocketing crime in the city.
"If a business is ever going to be shut down, it’s going to be because the judge saw all the criteria and that was the last resort," City Council Vice President Helena Moreno said of the new measure, according to Fox 8.
The council unanimously approved the "padlock" ordinance on Thursday, which gives the city’s police department the ability to begin the shuttering process for businesses that knowingly and repeatedly harbor crime. Moreno, who authored the ordinance, said the police chief can now suspend licenses of "chronic nuisance businesses that harbor violent and serious crime."
The council debated the ordinance on Thursday, with some critics saying it could unfairly target businesses. Moreno pushed back, saying businesses would be given ample warning, the opportunity to remedy the problems, as well as due process during court hearings, Fox 8 reported.
The city will define chronic nuisance as when a business repeatedly fails to address drug, theft, and violent crimes at their establishments in a timely manner, according to Fox 8.
"We don’t want there to be any accusations of subjectivity. It’s about meeting the criteria," said Moreno.
The bill ultimately received unanimous support on the council. The law will only apply to businesses, not residential buildings, and will also include tracking the racial breakdown of businesses that are shuttered.
Under the law, businesses will be shuttered for up to two years and could lead to civil penalties for business owners.
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I see where this is headed: If a convenience store gets robbed multiple times it will be shut down because it is "knowingly and repeatedly" harboring crime.
Punish the innocent. Reward the guilty. It's the Democrat way.
The Mayor’s house?
Sleazy motels,and strip joints
Hmmmm…. does this authority include the power to shut down PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
I’m not sure that I agree with giving the police this authority considering that the New Orleans Police Department is a criminal enterprise itself.
City Hall.
Skyrocketing crime in a city that a few years ago announced the police would no longer pursue criminals who flee or arrest solicitation of prostitution?
Go figure!
Man, liberals are SO STUPUD!
Isn't that the responsibility of the police?
According to the article, the police will prevent the facts to a judge, who will make the determination.
Probably, but not the illegal ones that run all night in people’s houses.
Hunter: No! I'm calling my dad. Oh, the humanity.
Reading the headline, I thought for a second that this was targeting chop shops, pawn stores, ‘fronts’ and others which facilitate crime.
I couldn’t have been more wrong...
I can’t find the source but author Stuart Wilde quoted:
“The same sun shines through the whore house parlor window as through the one in the parson’s study.”
Huh?
prevent or present?
In New Orleans the judges are crooks also.
unruly house, and yank their liquor license...
You mean they didn’t have this authority before now? How odd.
What could possibly go wrong with British nobility telling us what to do?
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