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06:01 PM CDT on Wednesday, July 6, 2005
The Houston Police Department says it has suspended a policy of taking
pictures of loiterers and some day laborers.
Some businesses had complained that immigrants were trespassing on their
private property in an area west of downtown.
And since few carry identification, officers were taking pictures of the
people they talk to and using the photos as proof they've been warned.
But HPD has now ordered its officers not to take pictures until the
department can review its policy and establish formal guidelines for
taking the migrants' photo.
The ACLU and an immigrant rights group had complained the policy was an
invasion of privacy and an unreasonable search.
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