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"Tee Shirts Banned in Boston For a city with a reputation as being a bastion of liberal values, Boston has an equally rich history of censorship. In the latest crackdown, Boston mayor Thomas Menino has called for city Inspectional Services Division officials to seize all t-shirts bearing the message "Stop Snitchin'." "It’s wrong," Menino said. "We are going into every retail store that sells the shirts and remove them." The mayor's patience was apparently pushed beyond its limit when the mother of gang member wore one of the shirts to her sons trial for the death of 10-year-old Trina Persad. It is unknown on what grounds the shirts will be seized, the move appearing to be in direct violation of the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Naturally, the local chapter of the Civil Liberties Union has already spoken out against the planned seizures and is prepared to go to court to stop the mayor. "If the mayor doesn’t like the idea of these shirts the answer to speech you disagree with is more speech,” he said. “He can ask people not to sell them. What he can’t do is without any lawful authority go in and take them and not pay for them because he doesn’t like what they say on them." The t-shirts having been getting a lot of attention from the press since their appearance earlier this year on the street of cities from Pittsburgh to New York. Menino and other critics say the shirts are an attempt to intimidate witnesses into silence. But Rayco "War" Saunders, who wore his "Stop Snitchin'" shirt to a court appearance during which he exercised his Fifth Amendment rights, says the meaning of the shirts is misunderstood. "'Stop Snitchin' is a warning for the guys that are police informants but still stand on the corners selling drugs," he said. "The shirt doesn't say, 'don't tell the police,' or 'don't talk to the police. 'Snitchin' is a slang word a lot of street guys use. You have to look at the context.""

Nothing wrong in banning them from the courtroom, but on the street? C'mon. This is abuse of gov't power..plain and simple.

How about a new shirt that says "Stop Siezin'"

12/4/2005 10:42:41 AM

thats pretty fucked up that some MOTHER would wear one to court


[Edited on December 4, 2005 at 10:59 AM. Reason : but yes, that mayor is fuckin' up]

12/4/2005 10:59:06 AM

Maybe they should have some party with these tees to protest it.

I'm not sure what to call it though.

12/4/2005 11:11:05 AM

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"Naturally, the local chapter of the Civil Liberties Union has already spoken out against the planned seizures and is prepared to go to court to stop the mayor."

OMF, ACLU is AT IT again. Watch Bill O'Reilly nail their asses tonight!!1

12/4/2005 11:27:08 AM

yeah, that fucking aclu! they're totally against conservative values

12/4/2005 12:23:19 PM

^^ way to bring in partisanship.

gg.

12/4/2005 12:58:19 PM