WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — Residents of a Connecticut town have repealed a local ordinance that banned registered sex offenders from local parks, schools, the town library and other public places amid a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law.
The Windsor Locks law was approved 11 years ago amid concerns about threats to children’s safety by people listed on the state’s sex-offender registry. A federal lawsuit by an anonymous resident and an advocacy group alleges the ordinance violates sex offenders’ constitutional rights.
It’s happening.
Lawsuits on neighboring NY is next.
Slowly but surely……Yeah!
Apparently trying to save just one child isn’t worth risking $500k. Snark aside, it’s good to see there are attorneys in place who see the constitutional issues surrounding these things. There’s no way the city would have folded so easily had their attorney told them they had a good chance.
One more chip struck from the wall.