THE ACLU of Rhode Island announced that a federal judge has approved a consent agreement that bars Cranston from enforcing an ordinance that prohibited any individual from entering a roadway “for the purpose of distributing anything to the occupant of any vehicle or for the purpose of receiving anything from the occupant of any vehicle.”
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement related to a Cranston ordinance that prohibited panhandling in the city, declaring that the ordinance was unconstitutional for violating the First Amendment, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. announced Tuesday. The ordinance, enacted in 2017, prohibited any individual from entering a roadway…
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