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State Legislator Bravely Moves To Eliminate 'No-Go Zones' In Tennessee

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Tuesday, 2/24/2015 10:40 am

A Republican state legislator in Tennessee has introduced a bill to root out and eliminate so-called “no-go zones” in the state, despite no evidence that such zones exist in Tennessee or anywhere else. The bill, introduced by Rep. Susan Lynn, instructs the state attorney general to “report to the department of justice that a no-go zone exists within political subdivisions of the state” and to then “take all necessary steps to eliminate the no-go zone to enforce compliance with state and federal law.” It defines a “no-go zone” as “a contiguous geographical area consisting of public space or privately owned public space where community organizing efforts systematically intimidate or exclude the general public or public workers from entering or being present within the area.” Lynn told the Tennessean that her bill was not meant to target Muslims, although she had heard of “no-go zones” being established by “certain religious groups.” She added that her effort is “the same sort of thing” as federal efforts to desegregate schools:

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Tennessee has long been on the forefront of combatting nonexistent Muslim threats, passing one of the nation’s first Sharia law bans in 2010. The sponsor of the senate version of Lynn’s bill is Bill Ketron, introduced a bill in 2011 that would have jailed anyone who personally adhered to Sharia law, and once fretted that a low-set bathroom sink in the state capitol was installed for Muslims to wash their feet before prayer (it was, in fact, meant for janitors to wash their mops).

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-legislator-bravely-moves-eliminate-no-go-zones-tennessee#sthash.XQVPeLND.dpuf

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. Does That Mean Eliminating GATED Commuities?.

[teenagebambam]

2. Awesome!

So they're going to root out all the places where black people are unofficially not welcomed? How progressive!

[pampango]

3. "where community organizing efforts systematically intimidate or exclude the general public or

public workers."

Gee, I wonder who the most famous former 'community organizer' is.

[left-of-center2012]

4. From a link in your linked story:

“... once fretted that a low-set bathroom sink in the state capitol was installed for Muslims to wash their feet before prayer
(it was, in fact, meant for janitors to wash their mops)

[Go Vols]

6. This is it. :/

[Downwinder]

5. 'No-Go Zones' = Gated Communities.