Around Halloween time, many of you will be throwing parties. Many of those parties will be broken up at the whim of two or three police officers. The reason they can do this is because of the NPO – the Nuisance Party Ordinance.

The Raleigh City Council passed the Nuisance Party Ordinance in 2000 to discourage destructive, obstructing and unlawful behavior intermittently displayed by college students at social gatherings.

We believe that this ordinance not only redundantly criminalizes offences that are already illegal but also criminalizes behavior that is protected by the Constitution – namely your First Amendment Right to assemble.

If your party is broken up and/or you receive an NPO citation please contact the ACLU at NCSU as soon as you can. (http://clubs.ncsu.edu/aclu/complaint.htm)

Our chapter will evaluate each case individually and may refer you to a free legal assistant.

If you choose not to appeal your citation for whatever reason, you can come and vent at the NPO forum on November 8 at 7pm. Lawyers, city councilmen and police officers will be there to debate this very issue and listen to your complaints.

Stay safe and hope to see you all there.

[Edited on October 27, 2005 at 12:05 AM. Reason : a]

10/27/2005 12:04:02 AM

FUCK NPO

10/27/2005 1:13:06 AM

ACLU is a good organization

but I am mad at it because they were mean to me this one time (in Asheville, not Raleigh)

10/27/2005 1:24:18 AM

They were mean to you?

10/27/2005 1:25:42 AM

im sorry that they were mean to you, thats not cool

im glad you like ACLU though; if you want to you can join our facebook group that bashes NPO

http://ncst.facebook.com/group_profile.php?gid=10041

[Edited on October 27, 2005 at 2:36 AM. Reason : d]

10/27/2005 2:36:03 AM

Don't get me wrong -- the NPO is pretty stupid.

But, in my experience, most people who get worked up over it are ever stupider.

10/27/2005 4:13:52 AM