The reporter said they checked plates and they were from the suburbs.
D. Klein
Ward 7
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From: "Rich McMartin (Rich McMartin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Minneapolis Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Is CODEFOR really working?
> > >What amazed me was that in many cases they showed people's faces doing
the
> > >dealing.
>
> I doubt that there is any expectation of privacy in this case.
>
>
> > I noticed the same thing - and something else. The buyers, the ones
> > "from the suburbs", had their identities protected. Even their
> > license plate numbers were obscured. Haven't we learned by now that
> > drug dealing has a demand side, and that once eliminated, pretty much
> > takes care of the supply side? What's up with protecting the buyers?
> >
>
> How could you tell that they were from the suburbs? Did they actually
> show a transaction taking place? (Not hard to get since there are plenty
> of transactions).
>
> > What do you think would happen if the buyers were outed? Outed to
> > their families, neighbors, local police?
>
> Sounds like a good idea. The folks along Lake Street have been doing that
> to "Johns".
>
> One caveat though. I have driven along lake street and been approached at
> a stop light by such entrepeneurs after picking up my daughter at Andersen
> [a couple of years ago]. I had no desire for the offered services. If I
> received one of these JOHN letters for such an occurence I would probably
> contact a lawyer to see what my options are.
>
> Rich McMartin
> Bryant Neighborhood.
>
>
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