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"No Loitering" sign in Fortuna, California. Loitering is the act of standing or waiting around idly without apparent purpose in some public places. [1] While the laws regarding loitering have been challenged and changed over time, loitering of suspect people can be illegal in some jurisdictions and some specific circumstances.
Homeless people find it harder to secure employment, housing, or federal benefits with a criminal record, and therefore penalizing the act of being homeless makes exiting such a situation much more difficult. They may face potential legal repercussions such as fines and jail time for seeking shelter in vehicles (Tennessee) and "loitering". [15]
"'[A] law fails to meet the requirements of the Due Process Clause if it is so vague and standardless that it leaves the public uncertain as to the conduct it prohibits,'" noted Justice Stevens, "[i]f the loitering is in fact harmless and innocent, the dispersal order itself is an unjustified impairment of liberty." —
Protesters packed city hall to oppose the new rules that impose fines for loitering and illegal camping that could lead to jail time. 'Taking over our city': Brockton City Council OKs laws ...
The three amendments come to three different City of Duncan ordinances: 10-208, which deals with "illegal entrance and loitering"; 1-108, which deals with punishment for resisting an ...
Critics argue that such ordinances are a criminalization of homelessness, a criminalization of ordinary activities – hence prone to selective enforcement – and unnecessary, since existing, narrowly targeted laws ban the undesirable activities such as aggressive begging, obstruction of sidewalks, loitering, and aggressive pursuit.
In general, aggressive panhandling is a solicitation made in person for immediate donation of money or other gratuity. This may be done by vocal appeal (asking, requesting, coercing (badgering), sympathy appeals, harassment, threats, or demands) or by nonvocal appeal (usage of signs or other signals gestures, postures, children, animals, or props such as toys and musical instruments).
Other states like Illinois require a permit. Illinois was the last state in the nation to implement a law allowing (The Center Square) – With the U.S. Congress in Republican control and the new ...