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The ordinances that close public parks after twilight are generally to provide cops with a pretext to confront anyone in the park who may otherwise have no-reas
by logfromblammo 7y ago
The ordinances that close public parks after twilight are generally to provide cops with a pretext to confront anyone in the park who may otherwise have no-reasonable-suspicion opsec for their...
...sale or use of prohibited substances.
...prostitution.
...homeless campsites.
...public intoxication or underage drinking.
...pretentious indie filmmaking.
...spray-paint tagging.
...logging.
...poaching.
...dumping.
...lewd behavior.
While some municipalities were forced to close parks at night, due to actual evidence of these activities, so the cops could move in and roust anyone they find, others preemptively closed their parks as cargo-cult ritual, hoping to prevent those activities from occurring in the first place.