{"id":4648,"date":"2010-09-13T03:44:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T23:24:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T03:26:28","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=4648","title":{"rendered":"Flint MI proposes drug testing public housing tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flint eyes drug tests for public housing; Effort aimed at curbing crime, but ACLU says plan unconstitutional<\/a>, by Kim Kozlowski in the Detroit News:<\/p>\n

Flint’s public housing authority, in an effort to fight crime in the projects, is considering a requirement for all current and prospective residents to take a drug test to keep their federally subsidized apartments. <\/p>\n

Flint Housing Commission Executive Rodney Slaughter said he wants a drug-testing program modeled after the city of Indianapolis, where public housing residents are required to take annual drug tests. If a resident tests positive, they would have 30 days to test negative or seek help. <\/p>\n

“We’re trying to change the mindset,” Slaughter said. “There is a reasonable amount of negative events that take place … drug dealing, gambling, dice throwing. People should have the right to live in a drug-free, clean community.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unconstitutional? Well, duh!<\/p>\n

Remember this post from June<\/a> about the Georgia lawmaker that wanted to drug test those getting unemployment benefits? FoxNews thought it was a jolly good idea, taking away the privacy rights of anybody other than their viewers. <\/p>\n

These utterly senseless public [dis]servants need to be drug tested because their stupidity about fundamental privacy law is stunning. Could drug use explain it? No. They must be the product of a failing school system in their states where they either slept through or cut class the day the Fourth Amendment was talked about. <\/p>\n

I understood more about the Fourth Amendment in 8th Grade (1961-62; a class debate, Watertown NY public school) than these clowns today, which is perhaps why I’m doing what I’m doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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