Civilian sex stings aim at ‘street justice’
“When a vigilante does something like this and exposes somebody, you can’t use what they’ve gathered,” Kirshy said. “There’s no chain of custody, there’s no guarantee that what they have created — that being the video or the audio — is accurate.”
There’s no procedures or protocols being followed in civilian operations and therefore no way to establish who’s on the other end of the phone.
“The goal of law enforcement is not to get hits on an online video, it’s not to make money,” Kirshy said. “There’s no other goals there for law enforcement other than the enforcement of law and the punishment of people who deserve punishment.”
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Big lie. Law enforcement stings are for publicity, keeping those federal grant dollars coming in, and proping up bad legislation, and giving society a false sense of security.
WC-Tn
Meanwhile in Gotham (Any town anywhere), while they are setting up fake stings, 1000’s of unsolved REAL crimes are being ignored and filed away due to police staffing shortages.
Batman, please come out of retirement.
CherokeeJack
Unfortunately there is more fictitious information coming out of the real world than there is out of Marvel novels.
DavidM
Ouch, Batman is DC not Marvel
I am not a huge Comics geek but if the wrong enthusiest saw that , they would have a stroke LOL
CherokeeJack
You think we could get someone to lobby for a Batman assault registry? After all that would accomplish more good than a sex offender registry which only harms children and innocent people. After all politicians fell for that fairytale.
Sorry about the mistake.
FAC this is a positive article in many ways. Here in VA one doesn’t have to wear a mask to enter any store as long as they have their “shot” The ironic thing is how do they know if one has their shot.
I was talking to someone that I knew from a few years ago and he told me they can’t take one to court without wearing a mask or even refuse one entrance to a store with this COJVID shot issue. So how does one know if you have had a shot or not? Is it an independant decision or a choice? Consider much of this registry That’s like invasion of mind in a court of law wouldn’t you all say who or bowing down to someone in much of this.
Most all of this is a miscarriage of Justice. Is one using the sword in vain or using the sword of Justice? I believe we are all still carnal by nature but pressing and inducing on another is another matter and just as unjust as a poke e man game of a death sentence.
I think what we need to do is figure out how to spread the word to those who are about to think they just got lucky or are curious and have zero experience with law enforcement.
Maybe a T.V. show or movie.
Maybe a P.S.A.
Those of us on the registry would either not be on those sites or know from our vast experience with law enforcement that if they’re sex talking with someone claiming to be a minor, it’s a cop.
So if they bust someone on the registry doing some stupid stuff like this then well? Maybe they need a break for a while. Just my opinion.
I knew guys in prison who got busted like this. Most of those guys needed an attitude check.
By this I mean the whole (No victim) crowd who cant seem to remember it was them who engaged in a conversation with someone they thought was a minor to do whatever.
I know I done wrong. I knew it when I did it and yet like a selfish dumbass I did it anyway. Having 13 1/2 years to A) Think over the harm I caused my victim.
B) Experience the harm that came to me.
C) Knowing the punishment/not punishment I will endure forever, has given me the hindsight that could have come in handy when my victim needed it most.
Or is just about arrest numbers and conviction rates?
The threat is real!
I’ve had civilians with an axe to grind follow me, investigate and hire PIs to harasss myself and others that I associate with.
They file complaints with tracking units and with zero investigation from police, I have been arrested for supposed registration violations.
The threat is very real.
Fact is the accused never have any contact with a minor in any sense.
This vigilantes’ own words even state that 99 percent of people who respond to his fake profile don’t fall for his trap. Dude is pretty desperate to trap that 1 percent, considering he’s had some that he’s spent a year on in his scheme.