Without a clear understanding of the law, Ohio cops arrested a 32-year-old Black man waiting for the bus on the sole basis he was wearing a yellow safety vest, accusing him of violating the city’s solicitation law.
But the solicitation law in Barberton prohibits people from conducting residential door-to-door solicitation without registering their credentials with the city.
It does not apply to people waiting for a bus minding their own business wearing a yellow safety vest.
That explains why the cop arrested Vincent White on a single charge of failure to disclose personal information and not for violating the city’s solicitation law, according to online court records…