Gang Members Enjoined From Associating
by TChris
Freedom of association is great for the Elks or the Knights of Columbus, but when young men want to hang out together in suburban Chicago, they'd better not give themselves a group name like "Satan Disciples."
A DuPage County judge on Monday banned more than a dozen members of a west suburban gang from hanging out with each other in a landmark Illinois decision that law enforcement officials said gives them a powerful weapon to combat gangs.
Telling people they can't associate with each other publicly is indeed a "powerful weapon," but its destructive force does more damage to the Constitution than to undesirable gang behavior.
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