rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/freedom-to-leave-act-hearing?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-freedom-to-leave-act-hearing' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> MoCo MDC DSA https://actionnetwork.org/groups/moco-mdc-dsa https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Join us in-person at the public hearing for Bill 2-24, the Freedom to Leave Act. We will meet up for dinner on the first floor with our partners in the Decriminalize Montgomery County coalition at 6 PM, and we will head into the council office building chamber on the 3rd floor for the hearing beginning at 7 PM. As you may remember, the Maryland Attorneys General released an opinion saying that the council could not pass the STEP Act provision prohibit minor traffic stops (for now), so Councilmember Jawando introduced the Freedom to Leave Act to proceed with the STEP Act's ban on consent searches. Consent searches are when a police officer gets your permission to search your car, even when they have no reason to suspect that you've done a crime. Banning consent searches will remove one of the reasons why officers stop drivers, rebuild trust with police, and reduce racial disparities in traffic enforcement. https://actionnetwork.org/events/freedom-to-leave-act-hearing