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by amanaplanacanal 721 days ago
This is… surprising. Evidently you are ok if you are awake, but as soon as you fall asleep you can be arrested? You can only stay awake so long. This seems against human nature.

Better not take a nap after your summer picnic!
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legitster 721 days ago
Most cities have posted hours you are technically allowed to be at the park. The majority opinion actually discusses this exact point:

"Grants Pass’s public-camping ordinances do not criminalize status. The public-camping laws prohibit actions undertaken by any person, regardless of status. It makes no difference whether the charged defendant is currently a person experiencing homelessness, a backpacker on vacation, or a student who abandons his dorm room to camp out in protest on the lawn of a municipal building."

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freeone3000 721 days ago
Obviously it won’t be enforced against people who look like they could sleep anywhere else.
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Molitor5901 721 days ago
who look like they could sleep anywhere else.

What does someone look like that could sleep anywhere else ? That seems like we should judge how a person looks and presents, which certainly means our judgement will be dead wrong at times.

I don't like this ruling because I think it will be used to harass people for appearing poor or homeless.

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