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CC Work Session 2.2. <br />Meeting Date: 03/23/2021 <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Discuss Potential Ordinance Regulating Targeted Picketing in Residential Neighborhoods <br />Purpose/Background: <br />A few Minnesota cities have recently adopted ordinances prohibiting targeted picketing in residential areas, while <br />others have had them for years based on incidents that occured in their cities. The City of Ramsey currently has no <br />ordinances that prohibit targeted picketing in residential areas and have had no recent examples of this. Targeted <br />picketing in other cities has been dispruptive to neighborhoods and escalated to violence and criminal acts by those <br />picketing and those opposing picketers. Examples of persons targeted with picketing include doctors at their homes <br />for performing abortions, elected officials for their view/vote on an issue, corporate executives for their companies <br />product use in animal testing, police officers, union leaders, etc. Targets of picketers include both public and private <br />persons based on their occupation or postion. <br />Targeted picketing in residential neighborhoods is not regulated in MN State Statutes. However, local ordinances <br />prohibiting residential and targeted picketing have been upheld by MN Appeal Courts and the US Supreme Court <br />to be constitutional. <br />Attached to this case are news articles, and related court decisions. <br />Timeframe: <br />20 minutes <br />Funding Source: <br />none. part of staff regular duties <br />Responsible Party(ies): <br />Police Chief Katers <br />Outcome: <br />Staff direction to propose an ordinance prohibiting targeted picketing in Ramsey or make no changes to city code. <br />LL/Hugo Article <br />MN Appeals Court Case <br />US Supreme Court Case <br />Woodbury Article <br />Opinion Article <br />Attachments <br />Form Review <br />Inbox Reviewed By Date <br />Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich 03/18/2021 02:13 PM <br />Form Started By: Jeff Katers Started On: 03/15/2021 04:25 PM <br />