CALL TO ACTION: Columbia Youth Football Association will not hold football jamboree at park because registrant sits on the park board
Columbia County, Florida temporarily needs a different venue to hold their annual football jamboree, an event relished by the community. It could be moved to Annie Mattox Park, but allegations surfaced that a person who is forced to register sits on the park board. The association said they will be looking elsewhere.
The cancelation sparked an uproar at Thursday night’s Columbia County Commissioners’ meeting, which was September 16, 2021. So far, the video is not up at https://www.columbiacountyga.gov/county/commissions/agenda-and-minutes.
This man with a past sex offense was accepted on the board for Annie Mattox Park. That tells us a lot, mainly that he is NOT re-offending and is a law-abiding citizen. What is wrong with the Columbia Youth Football Association? Lack of knowledge.
Several weeks ago, Annie Mattox Park had to be closed following a weekend shooting incident; yet, the Columbia Youth Football Association is okay with that but not having a man who learned from his past mistake(s) and is now acknowledged by his peers to be worthy of serving on a park board.
This association needs to be educated on the facts:
- The re-offense rate for people who have a past sex offense is far lower than that for other crimes.
- Ninety percent or more of future crimes will be committed by people NOT on the registry. Who is watching them?
- Approximately 93% of child victims know their perpetrator, debunking the “stranger danger myth”.
Please send a letter to:
Columbia Youth Football Association
PO BOX 1326
Lake City, FL 32056-1326
If you need some research to support your position:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304990286_Grand_Challenges_Social_Justice_and_the_Need_for_Evidence-based_Sex_Offender_Registry_Reform (See page 14, “Sex Offense Recidivism”.)
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/law-law0000135.pdf (See Conclusion on page 59.)
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsorsp9yfu0514.pdf (The Department of Justice’s 2019 report on the recidivism rates of released inmates, whose most serious offense was rape or sexual assault, found there was a re-offense rate of 7.7% over a 9-year period. That means that 92.3% of the sex offenders released did NOT re-offend.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/03/09/the-big-lie-about-sex-offenders/
https://youtu.be/Hnf3bmoPLx4 (Karl Hanson’s presentation at the January 2021 One Standard of Justice Webinar in Connecticut. Start at 23:20.)
casomb.org (Start viewing video at 1:15)
https://theappeal.org/why-sex-offender-registries-keep-growing-even-as-sexual-violence-rates-fall/ (Paragraph 13 – Nearly all sexual abuse is perpetrated by someone NOT on a registry.)
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens (Among cases of child sexual abuse reported to law enforcement, 93% are known to the victim.)
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OffenderWatch sold to county with no offenders, enlists media to promote its product:
https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/news/greenecounty/sheriff-s-office-joins-offender-watch/article_8f081f6d-7597-5a33-b3c4-15a8f59cd8d1.html
KS Supreme Ct.: It’s not punishment (media coverage)
https://www.wibw.com/2021/09/17/kansas-high-court-holds-offender-registration-act-not-meant-be-punishment/
KS Supreme Ct.: It’s not punishment.
https://www.kscourts.org/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Opinions/119796_2.pdf
LOL
Well of course they are going to say it was not meant to be punishment. The judges are not the ones living the sentence of the registry every hour of every day of every year of our lives. No other people after completing their sentences have a target on their backs that could and have resulted in death for the registrant.
It is not punishment just because we say it is. Those who have died, been attacked, had to move, not have a place to move from because they live in the woods, not being able to attend a relatives school function, cannot travel as others can. Those and 1000s of more reasons are why it is punishment.
Advice to the judges. Grow a pair (For both sexes) and stop being scared to say what you already know. We are being for life punished. The fact that no other group of felons has to do this life sentence of invasion of privacy on a registry show the blatant discrimination against us.
May the justice system rest in peace because you have all lost your damn minds.
Have you forgotten the oath you took ? I will remind you.
Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: “I, ___ ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as ___ under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”
“Not meant to be punishment.”
How long can they keep playing that tired chestnut?
It’s like saying death isn’t meant to be finality.
Potential changes to KS registry:
https://kansasreflector.com/2021/09/20/criminal-justice-panel-hashes-out-potential-changes-to-kansas-criminal-offender-registry/
Well Maestro I did like the humor of the 4 W’s and even Cherokee’s W at the end of How but James was right on the money about divine Chriatiany. I’m sure many organizations can be called Christian, even men can say their Christian. Sure one can walk the walk and talk the talk as some will say. Guess it would be best to say nothing in many encounters in life.
Sure nothing wrong with correction if the right method is used, even a letter addressed to whom it may concern but many organizations are against restraints…. Why? and that doesn’t have a W at the end lol.
Those that got caught up in this ordeal by internet should listen more to discern what is really going on behind closed doors via this internet divice. Even one could compar3e this internet to Mrs. Robinson… are you trying to seduce me!. About this football ordeal their is nothing wrong with being storng, bold, and positive in one’s persuit if used and not abused in the wrong way.
I wrote to the commissioners telling them to support the person on the registry and not cave into public pressure. Sad that a person’s past never goes away when sex Is involved; however drug dealers and people who shoot children are welcomed with open arms.
Thank you for contacting them, Brandon.