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SF Chronicle(11-01) 17:05 PDT OAKLAND -- Oakland's hotly debated gang injunctions have passed their first legal test.
A state appeals court ruled Monday that a judge's June 2010 order limiting the movements and contacts of 15 alleged gang members in a 100-square-block area of North Oakland, and subjecting them to a 10 p.m. curfew, did not punish them for innocent conduct or violate their rights of speech or association.
"Credible evidence supports the (judge's) conclusion that (North Side Oakland) is a criminal street gang" whose activities have interfered with the public's right to use the area peacefully, said the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco.
City attorneys presented statements from 96 police officers who witnessed the gang's activities, along with crime records and expert assessments that provided "compelling evidence of ... the detrimental effect the gang has had on the community," the court said.
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Well, why not just convict those gang members of crimes or help them leave instead of this meaningless pre-emptive curfew?