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...first Morristown brushed off Kreimer's demand for an apology and a minor cash settlement, convinced that the matter would die quietly. Instead, it grew to farcical proportions; 11 lawyers were soon involved in defending the town from Kreimer's legal assault, and its legal bills soared past $250,000. Ominously for Morristown, Kreimer began scoring other legal victories: last April the New Jersey attorney general allowed Kreimer's petition to list "the streets of the fourth ward of Morristown" as a voting address. The following month, Federal Judge H. Lee Sarokin struck down the library's rules of conduct...
After a growing cadre of homeless people began to disrupt the quiet confines of the library, some librarians quit in protest. They said they were sick of being hassled by street people, and Kreimer in particular. So the governing board adopted a code of conduct that barred people with "offensive" bodily hygiene and banned staring at other patrons...
...irony not lost on the town, Kreimer began using some of the legal knowledge he picked up in the library stacks. Working as his own lawyer, he filed a civil rights suit alleging a pattern of police harassment...
...past few months Kreimer has patiently waited for the money. Paying a $3.25 bill at a local store, he withdraws a crisp $20 note from a brand-new wallet. The billfold, he says, is "from an admirer." He may soon need a second wallet. Kreimer's lawyer is negotiating another cash settlement, stemming from the separate First Amendment suit now under appeal...
Speaking in the third person, Kreimer brags about his legal victories and how he has been asked to create a homeless-outreach program. "We want to provide street people like Richard Kreimer with a storefront drop-in center that's free of bureaucracy," he says. "Let's face it. Most of the current system is set up to perpetuate itself. It doesn't work." The American Library Association dedicated part of its winter meeting to a seminar on patron conduct. "That's inspired by the Richard Kreimer case," says Richard Kreimer...