What amazed me was that in many cases they showed people's faces doing the
dealing. At the end of the piece was a nominal disclaimer that only the
faces of those who were, I believe, convicted of crimes, were shown. It
wasn't clear to me that Channel 5 meant they had been convicted for these
instances of buying or selling drugs, or for something else at some other
time. If the latter - it seems to me to be a pretty bold "outing", and
something the city couldn't do without charges of civil rights violations or
invasion of privacy. Unless there is an argument that dealing out on the
street contains no expectation of privacy.......I don't know. But I was
amazed just the same!
D. Klein
Ward 7 - Kenwood
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Wayne Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Is CODEFOR really working?
> I just caught Channel 5's story about the drug dealing in Phillips
tonight.
> I was amazed that they could catch all of that on video and where are the
> police? Wasn't CODEFOR designed to identify this stuff and then stamp it
> out. And I read in the local news that Burglary in Auto's in Corcoran
> neighborhood was way up? I wondered if there were other trends that
> demonstrate that CODEFOR has either been exhausted or really isn't working
> and it is time to try some newer strategies. I know the Chief has called
> 911 an Abyss and I wonder if CODEFOR isn't becoming the same kind of
Abyss.
> Any thoughts?
>
> Russell W. Peterson
> Ward 9
> Standish 9 (Where I called the cops about a crack spoon in my driveway and
> nobody bothered to come out and take a look.)
>
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