Chicago is offering potentially unwanted exposure to those looking to pay for a good time, according to the New York Times. The city's police department is turning to the Internet in an attempt to curb the practice of the world's oldest profession in the Windy City.
The police department on Tuesday began posting photographs, names and partial addresses of those charged with soliciting prostitutes, according to the Times. And evidently the city is not lacking in material for its new project. By Wednesday night, the mugs of dozens of men allegedly looking to pay for a good time were posted, and will stay there for 30 days. A police spokesman told the Times the department is not worried about fingering folks not yet convicted of a crime. "Every day in this office we send out mug shots of individuals charged with crimes, and newspapers publish those photos," the spokesman said. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois told the paper it had yet to take a position on the matter and had no comment. — Kate Gibson
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