Illinois Sheriff Sues Craigslist for Prostitution; Apparently Unaware of the Law

If you’re the sheriff, aren’t you supposed to understand at least the basics of the law? Apparently not in Cook County, Ill. Sheriff Thomas Dart is now suing Craigslist because it’s “the single largest source of prostitution in the nation.” Of course, we’ve been through some of this before. Atlanta’s mayor mistakenly blamed Craigslist for prostitution a while back, but didn’t do anything about it. Some Attorneys General were threatening to do stuff, so Craigslist finally changed its policies last year. Of course, as expected, all that did was make prostitutes disperse to other sites. In other words: same amount of prostitution, just a lot more difficult to catch.

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