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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTennessee Lawmaker Wants To Eliminate Non-Existent 'No-Go Zones'
A Republican Tennessee lawmaker introduced a bill this month that would ask the state attorney general to report any existing "no-go zones" and work to eliminate them, The Tennessean reported.
State Rep. Susan Lynn's bill does not specifically mention Muslims, but may allude to the non-existent Muslim "no-go zones" referenced on Fox News and by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) following the January terrorist attacks in Paris.
The legislation defines a "no-go zone" as a "a contiguous geographical area consisting of public space or privately owned public space where community organizing efforts systematically intimidate or exclude the general public or public workers from entering or being present within the area."
Lynn insisted that the bill does not target a specific religious group.
"You might find it with gang activity, you might find it with organized crime, and of course we have heard that there were some places where it is happening with certain religious groups," she told The Tennessean.
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State Rep. Susan Lynn's bill does not specifically mention Muslims, but may allude to the non-existent Muslim "no-go zones" referenced on Fox News and by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) following the January terrorist attacks in Paris.
The legislation defines a "no-go zone" as a "a contiguous geographical area consisting of public space or privately owned public space where community organizing efforts systematically intimidate or exclude the general public or public workers from entering or being present within the area."
Lynn insisted that the bill does not target a specific religious group.
"You might find it with gang activity, you might find it with organized crime, and of course we have heard that there were some places where it is happening with certain religious groups," she told The Tennessean.
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I've found a few no go zones for her to eradicate.
Hill Place Homes - A Nashville Gated Community
Northumberland - Gated Community in Green Hills
Bancroft & Castlewood Homes
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Tennessee Lawmaker Wants To Eliminate Non-Existent 'No-Go Zones' (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
Feb 2015
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salin
(48,955 posts)1. Another lawmaker living in the faux bubble
moron.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)2. Send them to her
tell her that you were blocked from accessing the facilities and felt threatened by the low life element infesting the area.
louis-t
(23,296 posts)3. The P in GOP is now officially changed to mean
Panderers.