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A Minnesota town used its anti-crime law against a protected class. It’s not the only one (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave to c/news

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Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for several decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other neighborhood problems through the use of “crime-free” or “public nuisance” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict renters when police or emergency crews are repeatedly called to the same addresses.

Long the subject of criticism that such policies are ineffective and enforced more harshly in poor neighborhoods and against people of color, the ordinances are now under scrutiny as sources of mental health discrimination.

Last November, the U.S. Department of Justice issued what it called a first-of-its-kind finding, telling a Minneapolis suburb that its enforcement of a crime-free law illegally discriminated against people with mental health disabilities.

Other cities and jurisdictions are joining a growing movement to rethink, rewrite or repeal such laws as criticism and lawsuits escalate.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

this article describes the law more completely.

the city gave landlords weekly reports over five years revealing personal medical information of renters who received multiple emergency calls to their homes.

In at least 780 cases, the city also shared details about mental health crises and even how people had tried to kill themselves,

[–] einlander 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And this isn't a HIPPA violation how?

[–] thesohoriots 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cops/EMS/the city/your neighbor aren’t bound by HIPPA in the slightest. They can talk to the HOA or landlord with impunity, and it’s absolutely fucked.

[–] LrdThndr 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EMS is abso-fucking-lutely covered by hipaa. Source: volly ems for the better part of a decade.

[–] thesohoriots 3 points 1 year ago

Learned something new today— thanks for the correction!