Zack Reed and Jeff Johnson’s flash mob ordinance made news earlier this year — both with city council actually passing a law that was impossible to enforce and largely unnecessary, and with Mayor Jackson vetoing the ordinance after outcries from the ACLU, among others, who pointed out that it was both illegal and stupid.
Well, Councilman Reed is not done yet. Today, he and Councilman Johnson have an op-ed in the USA Today explaining how they will continue their fight to criminalize… well, something.
This article appears in Sep 14-20, 2011.
But what if the mob is doing a choreographed dance whilst causing disturbances?
Does this dunce ever go outside and see there are real problems he could be addressing? What do I care if 100 kids break out in song at the mall?