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Last week, The Guardian called it “lifting the lid on a sexual abuse scandal”. A former Kansas City, Kansas police department detective Roger Golubski, who had spent 35 years with the police force, had spent decades sexually assaulting women in the community he served. Using his badge as a weapon, he intimidated and threatened his victims with arrest if they

In Wisconsin, two 15-year-olds whose foster parent caught them having consensual sex were charged with felony sexual assault and put on the sex offender registry for at least 15 years. In Arizona, it’s possible for a minor who streaks nude at a football game to be charged with a sex offense and put on a registry. In Massachusetts, teens caught

In August, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announced that his “elections police” were cracking down on the scofflaws who dared to vote. In the corresponding wave of arrests that followed, nearly 20 people were arrested for “voter fraud” – their crime? Voting, even though Florida’s Amendment 4 excluded people required to register a a sex offender or had a past conviction of

When someone complains about Florida, or any other state for that matter, and other commenters reply with “then you should move to another state”, lets just keep in mind that’s not a viable solution for everyone. First, if you are on any form of supervision, you can’t just leave. There’s a process that involves the cooperation and willingness of two

It’s well known that police target sex workers, criminalizing their means of survival and contributing to sex offense-related convictions and statistics. In particular, police target BIPOC and LGBTQ sex workers—especially the many disenfranchised, ostracized, and homeless teens and young people engaged in the trade for survival. These sorts of arrest patterns by law enforcement only act to control bodies, cater

“”Freedom” as a level 2 sex offender” is the section title of a federal lawsuit filed by Anthony Broadwater against municipal officials and the government following his wrongful arrest for a sexual crime in NY that took place decades ago. The complaint reads, “Mr. Broadwater was finally released from prison after reaching his maximum conditional release on December 31, 1998.