Vigilante justice: Millstone the Klown targets people on the sex offender registry and those he believes support them

Jeff Bast, who goes by Millstone the Klown on social media, says he is protecting children. His online following has brought scrutiny to people on the sex offender registry – and fear and lost work to people around them. Lucy Reid took down the signs in broad daylight. They had been posted around Winchester for weeks, calling attention to a

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Cameras, Cops and the Business of Public Shame

Primetime, the new film in theaters from director Lance Oppenheim starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, looks back at To Catch a Predator — the television phenomenon that turned undercover investigations into a form of entertainment, complete with cameras, confrontation, catchphrases and a national audience watching suspects get publicly exposed. But “To Catch a Predator” stopped being television show and

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🚨🔐 Florida DMV Data Breach: Were you Exposed 🛡️⚠️

Florida Action Committee • Public Information Alert Florida DMV Data Breach: How Deep Does It Go? Florida has confirmed unauthorized access to its DAVID driver-information system. One important question remains unanswered: were people on Florida’s sexual-offender and sexual-predator registry among those exposed? 200,000+ Florida DAVID records claimed Claimed by ShinyHunters; not confirmed by Florida UNKNOWN registrants affected The aggregate number

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Suspect came to Lubbock to ‘kill a child molester,’ court records say

A witness told detectives that Joseph Barrera, 25, went to Lubbock to “kill a child molester that lived in the neighborhood,” court documents obtained by EverythingLubbock.com on Friday revealed. Police were called to the 5000 block of 38th Street around 11:08 p.m. on July 15. Officers arrived and found Richard Paul, 61, with a single gunshot wound and pronounced dead

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UK: Public dissemination of registrants details leads to vigilantism.

Detectives have charged two men after a series of incidents in Leeds where details of alleged sex offenders were posted online. After details were posted online, large numbers of people attended several locations and caused disorder, police said. Darren Cosgrove, 47, of Clover Close, Seacroft, Leeds, and Jack Clarkson, 35, of Freemans Way, Wetherby, have been charged with violent disorder,

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