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50 Years Ago, This Popular Holiday Destination of Tourists Gave Fines to "Bad" People.

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Can one imagine for a moment that your physical appearance is an offence? Not a social embarrassment, but a real reason for arrest. However, this is what the United States has practiced for almost a century with the Ugly Laws, which criminalized the mere presence in public space of people considered to be unscrupulous. A law ignored by an overwhelming majority of tourists who walk across American soil this summer. Adopted in 1867 in San Francisc…
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Can one imagine for a moment that your physical appearance is an offence? Not a social embarrassment, but a real reason for arrest. However, this is what the United States has practiced for almost a century with the Ugly Laws, which criminalized the mere presence in public space of people considered to be unscrupulous. A law ignored by an overwhelming majority of tourists who walk across American soil this summer. Adopted in 1867 in San Francisc…

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mariefrance.fr broke the news in on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
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