MI: Ypsilanti adds ex-offenders as protected class in nondiscrimination ordinance
YPSILANTI, MI – People with felony convictions cannot be discriminated against in Ypsilanti in a new addition to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that passed Tuesday.
Ypsilanti City Council voted unanimously to make ex-offenders a city-protected class at its meeting on March 3. Elected officials said the move will help returning citizens reintegrate into society and address racial disparities.
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“….another member did some digging and discovered that Sex offenders are actually exempted.”
So why didn’t FAC vet this article before posting it here? You get our hopes up only to kick us in the balls.
So where are the real victories in our cause? Show me one in Floriduh!
it was NEVER Sex Offenders – it was EX-OFFENDERS, I can take down the article.
Now wait and watch for one of the council members to propose an exception for sex offenders. (sigh)
Hmmm, so no Registry in Ypsalanti? Or are Registrants, once again, excluded from criminal Justice reforms??
I’m not sure you understood the article.
Please help us understand it then. It looked to me that sex offenders will be included as a protected class there. Was that something that someone from the FAC wrote on the heading? Or is that actually part of the original article? Thanks ahead of time!
“EX” offenders, not “Sex” offenders.
another member did some digging and discovered that Sex offenders are actually exempted, as is the case with most legislation. Sad!
This is getting even more confusing. Registrants there will be exempt from discrimination, or exempt from new protections from that discrimination? Where does it say that?
I see that registrants are addressed directly by a councilman in the article, but not necessarily in a negative way.
Since this is outside FL anyway, I’m not sweating it, but thanks for allowing me to vent.
Great! If they want to protect, why dont they also take them off of the SO registry.
Waiting for the “excluding sex offenders…” Part
I’m guessing those convicted of a sex crime will not be included? The City Council Meeting Agenda, https://cityofypsilanti.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03032020-1364?packet=true, is 212 pages.