08-12-2004, 06:13 PM
Ok Abio, here's my opinion:
A petition might work, but you probably have to make sure they know exactly why you are petitioning it. Pleaing that it is unconstitutional/profiling might scare them so much of the media (thats the key) that they get rid of the law. My main suggestion would be to try and drag the press in on it somehow, cities can't stand to look bad and that would probably be the most effective way of getting rid of the law.
As for myself, I have faced many similar occasions when I'm with my band. Usually, when I'm alone, a cop/elder/soccer mom will just give me a dirty look, but with my band, it's like we're a walking bomb...the more in the group the more people freak out, and it isn't fair at all, but as long as there is authority, there will be injustice.
A petition might work, but you probably have to make sure they know exactly why you are petitioning it. Pleaing that it is unconstitutional/profiling might scare them so much of the media (thats the key) that they get rid of the law. My main suggestion would be to try and drag the press in on it somehow, cities can't stand to look bad and that would probably be the most effective way of getting rid of the law.
As for myself, I have faced many similar occasions when I'm with my band. Usually, when I'm alone, a cop/elder/soccer mom will just give me a dirty look, but with my band, it's like we're a walking bomb...the more in the group the more people freak out, and it isn't fair at all, but as long as there is authority, there will be injustice.