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BRIGHTON, Mich. -- Since when did being annoying become a crime? Since Brighton City Council approved a public conduct code Monday night, which includes fining someone up to $500 for being annoying.
One section of the bill reads, "It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts that alarm or seriously annoy another person and that serve no legitimate purpose."
The bill also states it's unlawful for anyone to insult, accost, molest or otherwise annoy any person in public.
The ordinance was modeled after one in Royal Oak, where the Brighton police chief previously worked.
The Livingston Daily Press & Argus reported that two council members expressed concerns for the language of the ordinance, but voted for it anyway.
Brighton officials said the ordinance would be subjective and the call will be made by police officers.
The amended ordinance takes effect Jan. 17, 2009.
Source:Being Annoying Now Illegal In Brighton - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 12:28 PM
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lol - this should probably be enforced nation wide.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 01:18 PM
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That sounds like a 1st ammendment lawsuit waiting to happen. Free Speech anyone?
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 01:37 PM
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haha! This is great stuff, Out of all the things that could be in forced, they in force a law that makes it illegal for you to annoy somebody..
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 05:12 PM
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I find Michigan has ridiculous laws. When I was there visiting my family I found out that in Flint(Near Detroit) it is illegal to sag your pants. Its crazy with what people can come up with.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 05:47 PM
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I use to fly into Flint and drive to Auburn Hills 1 or 2 times a month in 2006-07. Auburn Hills was farily nice but I hated MI, lol. How do you like it there?
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 06:04 PM
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I was in Ann Arbor for about 3 days and it was really fun. My cousins have a house by a small lake so we spent all day kayaking and stuff. For the rest of the week I was at Lake Michigan and that was great, although I still like the Ocean. I guess im lucky to live a block away from the beach.
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Posted 24 December 2008 - 02:09 PM
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That's unbelievable, how are they going to enforce that law? You can define the term in many many different ways...I don't see how this can work long-term...
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 08:34 AM
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WingedPanther said:
That sounds like a 1st ammendment lawsuit waiting to happen. Free Speech anyone?
I agree. More and More control seeps in.
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 08:36 AM
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In Germany if you are "Drunk and Annoying" the police will beat you with a night-stick. However, you can be drunk everywhere and anywhere, just not annoying at the same time.
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 08:47 PM
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WingedPanther said:
That sounds like a 1st ammendment lawsuit waiting to happen. Free Speech anyone?
Totaly agree.
In Ohio we have some dumb ones to. No fishing for whales on Sunday I fined hilarius.
For a list of dumb laws here in america:
Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have weird laws, strange laws, and just plain crazy laws!
