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Nov 19, 2009
Transit Stop ‘Safety Zones’ Could Blanket the City
Here’s an interesting bill currently before the D.C. Council, courtesy the Examiner’s Michael Neibauer: Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) and Michael A. Brown (I-At large) have introduced legislation that would establish 50-foot “safety zones” around any District of Columbia transit stop. The idea here is that any crime committed inside one of the “safety zones” would carry additional penalties and even extra jail time, sort of like how if you commit a traffic violation inside…