https://www.thecity.nyc/platform/amp/2020/7/20/21331595/rikers-island-sex-offender-registry-homeless

Wow, both appellants Doe # 4 and 5 have passed away. RIP Brothers

Jacob, as a young man my father laid down the law for me this way:

He said in this house I make the rules. Do as your told or you’ll lose some privileges. Do not argue with your mother. When I come home we’ll discuss it. At School, your teachers make the rules. Do not argue with them, if you have a problem we’ll discuss it when I get home.

On the Streets the police are the law. DO NOT argue with them you will not win. Say only yes sir and no sir save the argument for Court and we’ll discuss when I get home.

Go ahead give LE a hard time, Stand your ground, argue about your rights to some prick with a badge who just happens to have it for sex offenders. Give him a reason to write you up for some BS registration charge.

Like or not, FACT is LE owns us PERIOD.

The public outrage to the offense I committed is the reason this has happened to me.

So just how exactly should I “Fight for my rights”?
By leaving comments in comment sections of newspapers or local news websites I can’t access because I’m a sex offender? By writing to my legislator who has absolutely no sympathy but rather only disdain for the “Sex Offender”. Protesting in the streets while yelling profanities at certain senators or their lobbyist fathers? Surely all of this will help gain public support.

No, the only place for us to find Justice is in the Courts and even there the scale is tilted against us as the 7 factors found in Kennedy V Mendoza ( that which tries to separate “Punishment” from remedial) are highly subjective rather than objective. One Court can find punishment and another a remedial objective.

CMC V STATE OF FLORIDA is pending the outcome of John Doe #4 VS Miami Dade County in the United States Court of Appeal For the Eleventh Circuit case # 19-10254.

Another interesting case would be Jason Boyd V State of Washington. To be honest with you since my illness I haven’t really kept up to date on these and numerous other cases.

Bottom line. For me, unless and until a Court strikes down a law that I must comply with to avoid a new felony, I will continue to comply.

I didn’t want to move to this state in the first place. My brother lives here, and my mom and I were about to be homeless. After moving in with my nephew because my brother lived too close to something, I got arrested for visiting him. First and last arrest since original crime in August of 96!the first guy that registered me said I could visit, I just can’t live there. Wtf?

Yes, you must go in person and show your ID. Further, the F.S. does say “in person”, unless of course there was an executive order by the “El heffe” Governor, which there was not. Unless these laws change, this will always be a problem. Not just the COVID-19 situation, but other ones as well, natural disasters, illness, family issues, etc.. Unfortunately, there is a “no mercy” attitude here in Florida and I’m sure elsewhere as well.

No, CMC is not the reason why the registry happened.

We know why it happened, and it’s a long story but it’s not because people complied.

NON-compliance, on the other hand, can land registrants in handcuffs, followed by media headlines such as “sex offenders jailed in compliance sweep,” which really creates popular sympathy for registry reform (not).

I am referring, of course, to compliance with the law. Registrants might or might not comply with other reasonable requests from LE, but it’s important to know your rights.

But let’s not accuse each other on this forum of making registries happen. Not unless Ron Book or Lauren Book decides to join us here.

“Never argue with your supervising police dept they OWN YOU! (period).” ” will comply with every single demand ( short of getting on my knees) with yes sir, you are correct sir.” “COMPLY, COMPLY, COMPLY!!!!!!!!”.

YOU are the reason why this happened! Fight for your rights and demand answers. If they fight back, fight harder.

it’s difficult to make a case that “it’s not ALL people with sex offenses”.
In the article, I’m concerned with the use of the words “has a history of…” because even 1 incident is part of your “history”. As for violating parole/probation, that’s a no-brainer because it’s about the literal DICTATORSHIP from parole/probation officers that get the person fed up and they get a case of the “fuck it”s and just don’t comply with rules of their release.

So, when the governors, mayors and LE get a chance to look good in the public eye, of course they’re going to allow a journalist to use terminology that sounds scary; “Has a history of”. And LE has a history of lumping everyone into one basket. I wonder how they feel about those REALLY scary sex offenders who may be adults NOW but were teenagers at one time sending nudes to each other via texts.