A balanced story about a registrant issue?
Dare I say the following story is pretty balanced?
Victoria neighborhood protests level 3 sex offender
“We need to give him the opportunity to succeed,” Bliven said. “We don’t have to give him too many breaks on things, but we also should not be trying to make him stumble. Harassing him and holding up signs; making his life miserable is not benefitting public safety. What benefits public safety is letting him work through all the issues he has.”
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Too bad the article by Justin Lundy from WCYB inflamed viewers by writing a fearmongering (Shiitake-Worthy) hit piece.
Didn’t realize this was a different town (and state) when I made the girst comment. There’s just so many of these problems now that I can’t keep up with all of them.
I agree with this article. People need to take a step back and look at the whole picture. Instead of putting someone down offer a hand of kindness or kind words to encourage him/her to do good.
Please post studies that can be presented to the city council so that a member of the FAC can present this data, July 19th. Administrators of the site can contact me directly through my posted email address. “The Victoria City Council has scheduled a public hearing on July 19 for discussion of its sex offender residency restrictions ordinance that was adopted in 2017.”
The videos on our youtube channel will give you all of the information you need. You can start out with the ones which are not oral arguments from a court case, though you will find tons of information in those as well where lawyers are citing research in an effort to convince judges.
https://www.youtube.com/c/FloridaActionCommittee/videos
Roger, there are gangs of resources listed in the FAC resources section. The same is true for NARSOL, Women Against the Registry, ACSOL and others. One of the most credible, dare I say unimpeachable, sources is the analysis presented in the American Law Institute’s (ALI) recent revision to the Model Penal Code. The ALI has tremendous gravitas, lawyers such as District Attorneys could not easily reduce its credibility.
Veritas.
Pretty balanced to me. This public notification thing isn’t really working too well for anyone, huh Minnesota? All it does is put people into an unnecessary panic, perpetuates failure for the registrant and creates a PR nightmare for the government.
I predict Minnesota will be the first state to end the public registry and I have a feeling Patty Wetterling has made known her disdain for it. She used her power to create it, she can do the same to end it.
It was awhile ago now that she said publicly, “we just want the abuse to end, to never do it again. Ruining people’s lives, shaming them, shaming children isn’t how we stop abuse.” Amen, lady. Amen.
rpsanq
Could we all give her a group hug? It is like people who are in court and their loved one has been killed. As soon as the person gets out on bail, one of the victim’s family members kills them.
On the other side of the coin, I have seen court cases where the victims family looks a murderer in their eyes and say those words you never expect to hear from a victim ” I Forgive You! ”
I had somewhere in between. No one even showed up for my court hearing execpt me, my lawyer, the judge and the prosecution.
Since none of this was ruled as punishment, shouldn’t be a big deal though right? If a Representative or judge was being protested outside their homes, cops would be posted in front of their house.
The officials statements of “One DOC official believes the community group maintaining a constant vigil outside Vanhecke’s residence may be doing a disservice to him and the community.” is similar to the grandstanding Willy Wonka did when Agustis fell into the chocolate river. The Mom screamed “help him do something” and Wonka relied “Help!, Police! Murder!”.
Great analogy of Willie Wonka, Cherokeejack.
Bob
Thanks Bob, I am a movie buff. I probably watched Wonka at least 20 times. It is one of those movies you can watch 100 times and still say “I don’t remember that scene last time I watched.”
Ha ha ha ha. Not many people can pull a Wonka quote out and use it effectively. Top marks!!!!
Rick
Thanks, it is a Classic, that to me, is always worth watching. Although I cannot lately remember them airing it anymore. Every year they would air Wonka, Wizard of Oz, Doctor Doolittle and a few others.
It’s funny how much individuals think that their opinion actually matters to someone who has heard all of that before. They approach you as if their opinion is more important than all the other exact same opinions that you’ve heard. The best way to make sure that that outside transition goes smoothly would be to go to the house where that person lives in an introduce yourself. Make sure that The person knows that you’re aware of the situation and that is long as you conduct yourself properly that no one will bother you and let it go. I’m not saying roll out the red carpet and bring in the welcome wagon, but there’s so little neighbor contact these days that no one gives anyone a chance anymore. Sometimes all anyone ever needs is just a chance. You don’t need to prove yourself, prove your guilt or innocence, but you do have to show that you’re making an effort and that if you did do something wrong people can change, but the people around you need to be able to change with you and or help you make those changes. Support, not resistance, is the key to success. It takes a village.
That is a good point, Ben. Shortly after I bought my house, a flyer appeared in neighborhood mailboxes, oddly including mine. My response was to create a counter flyer, distribute it through the neighborhood and talk with anyone who was available. The responses ranged from “they shouldn’t have done that” to benign détente. Since then, I’ve had no trouble and get waves from many.
By the way, I’ve already emailed the article’s author thanking him and encouraging him to write a follow-up article regarding recidivism and actual dangers. Notice that the subject of the article was not on the registry when he committed his crime.
Veritas.
Ed C, I did the same thing and had equally good results. I’ve lived in my home 17 years and have good repour with all of my neighbors.
Ed C
Funny you mention getting a flyer in your own box. I get the “Sign up for “Nextdoor” Envelopes all the time. Why? They know I am banned by default. I even tried to sign up just to see and a big scary clown face popped up on the screen saying “No, no no”.
Ok no clown but it did block me so might as well have been a Bozo.
And why the Hell taunt me with a mailer if they Know, I am a no, go!