IT APPEARS SOME APD OFFICERS HAVE BEEN VIOLATING A COURT ORDER THAT STATED ALBUQUERQUE’S PANHANDLING ORDINANCE WOULD NOT BE ENFORCED WHILE LITIGATION WAS GOING ON BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND THE A-C-L-U OF NEW MEXICO. THE LAW HAD BEEN CHALLENGED ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS. ACLU ATTORNEY MARIA SANCHEZ SAYS MORE THAN 10 CITATIONS HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT, IN VIOLATION OF THE COURT ORDER.
SHE SAYS THOSE TICKETS ARE DISMISSED FOR THOSE WHO SHOW UP FOR THEIR COURT APPEARANCE.
NOW, THE CITY HAS AGREED TO GIVE 75-HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS. SANCHEZ SAYS IT’S A WAY FOR THE CITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VIOLATIONS AND, IN HER WORDS, MAKE REPARATIONS.
