Posts Tagged ‘prostitution’
Richmond improvement projects stalled
Neighborhood clean-up projects have galvanized the Richmond community with a strong resurgence of effort to make improvements, but has it been enough to rid 23rd Street of the pimps and prostitutes that plague the district at night?
Read More23rd Street merchants welcome RPD’s “john-shaming” campaign
Richmond Police Department is launching a new “john-shaming” campaign to take prostitutes off Richmond’s 23rd street.
Read MoreElection 2012: Proposition 35
The fight to end sex and labor exploitation in California may affect Richmond differently than other cities — because in Richmond trafficking takes place on the streets and not in fields or sweatshops. Proposition 35 calls for expanding the definition of human trafficking, increasing penalties and protecting victims. Supporters see it as a step forward…
Read MoreRPD sting brings in prostitutes off 23rd street
Officer Amit Nath and Officer Gary Lewis of the Richmond Police Department stand in wait near their squad cars in a nearly empty parking lot on the corner of Barrett and 25th Street. It’s around 8 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, and the street lights are on, but they’re so dull they barely cast shadows…
Read MorePimps as Predators: Richmond Police seeing prostitutes in a new light
The scene isn’t new, but the way the police officer driving by views them might be. Richmond is taking the lead on a county-wide project that views prostitutes as victims of their pimps.
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