Detroit Strip Clubs: City Councilman Equates Crackdown on Strip Clubs to Racial Discrimination
February 24, 2010 at 1:01 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsCity Councilman Equates Crackdown on Strip Clubs to Racial Discrimination
Detroit, MI: Officials within the city government have been attempting to pass ordinances that would shut down strip clubs in Detroit, a motion that City Council President Charles Pugh equates with racial discrimination.
Appearing on a religious radio program, Pugh claimed that the crackdown on the 33 clubs within the city limits was unjust and that officials had targeted these businesses unduly. During the interview the city councilman twice referenced to the civil rights movement to support his arguments.
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Pugh’s comments came only hours after a contentious debate with Reverend Martin L Winans at the city council chambers over the crackdown. Winans and his supporters want to impose laws that would ban so-called VIP rooms, require strip club employees to be licensed and relegate performers to an 18-inch tall stage, effectively banning lap dances.
Pugh believes that the council’s efforts would be better served policing these establishments to cut back on crimes within and around strip clubs.
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