[MI] I'm homeless after police disclosed my offender status. Can I take legal action?
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The police actions you describe may raise concerns about the scope of their authority under predatory-offender registration laws, particularly regarding how they gather information and who they share it with (Minn. Stat. § 243.166). In some cases, there are limits on what information law enforcement can disclose about a person’s registration status (Minn. Stat. § 244.052). The landlord changing your locks could potentially be an illegal eviction or a violation of tenant rights, depending on local law (Minn. Stat. § 504B.375). The disclosure to Section 8 that led to homelessness might also implicate privacy or other regulations, depending on details (24 C.F.R. part 5, subpart L).
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I was convicted of kidnapping, which requires me to register as a predatory offender (Level One). Once or twice a year police can come to my house unannounced. Two times the police came to my residence and I wasn’t home. Instead of calling me, the police started questioning my neighbors about my whereabouts—asking if I live at my residence and if they’ve seen my cars there. They then questioned the owner of the building with the same questions and implied that I’m living out of town, which made the owner demand that I show up at his office within an hour to prove I was in Minnesota. I did, but he still didn’t believe me. Later I came home and the lock on my door was changed—another attempt to see if I was living at the apartment. I went to the office to get keys to the new lock. Then I checked in with my Section 8 counselor and she told me that the predatory offender person at the police station went to the head of Section 8 and disclosed my criminal background. I’ve been homeless ever since. I have recordings and text messages to support my claims.
The police actions you describe may raise concerns about the scope of their authority under predatory-offender registration laws, particularly regarding how they gather information and who they share it with (Minn. Stat. § 243.166). In some cases, there are limits on what information law enforcement can disclose about a person’s registration status (Minn. Stat. § 244.052). The landlord changing your locks could potentially be an illegal eviction or a violation of tenant rights, depending on local law (Minn. Stat. § 504B.375). The disclosure to Section 8 that led to homelessness might also implicate privacy or other regulations, depending on details (24 C.F.R. part 5, subpart L).
