Here we go again: “He is going to offend again; it is only a matter of time.”
Some people are determined to let words flow from their mouths that are contrary to the actual facts. Here are the facts:
- An individual that committed a past sex offense has opened a tattoo shop in Loogootee, Indiana.
- Because it is relatively close to a preschool, a Ms. Wagoner wants the tattoo shop to relocate.
- Indiana does not restrict a business owned by someone with a past sex offense from being located near a school.
- The local police chief said he had no legal authority to prohibit the tattoo shop from being located where it is. Good for him! Also, to his credit, he said, “…harassment, intimidation, threats, violence, vandalism, etc. are illegal and may result in criminal charges.”
- The registrant has not re-offended since release from prison.
Even though Ms. Wagoner was applauded by those attending the meeting, it appears that no one else spoke. Is Loogootee, Indiana, going to let one woman, who does not have her facts correct, determine the laws that the community must follow? I sure hope not.
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I’d gladly pay him for a large tattoo if I didn’t have to register it.
You know how we always talk about the “language/wording” of laws? Well, here’s some language/wording that “journalists” do on purpose;
“Despite his conviction, he claims he has done nothing wrong.”
Instead of the word “despite” the better wording would be “aside from his conviction”.
To say “despite his conviction” is like saying he is minimizing it and acting as if he’s one those “Dinnit do nothing” types. It would read better for his sake of the writer put “Aside from his conviction” (giving it the seriousness it deserves and he admits to) “he claims he has done nothing wrong” (by opening a business.
It’s all in the language. Remember that.
That editorialization of his comment that he didn’t do anything wrong was also likely taken out of context. If I was being harassed for pursuing my career choice and hadn’t broken any laws in doing so, I would say the same thing.
IMO the reporter and Ms. Wagoner must know each other. It almost sounds as if Ms. Wagoner was the one who wrote the piece.
Maestro
Not that I am sticking up for him, but the former law enforcement officer “Turned sex offender” (Their words not mine) who opened his own funeral escort service is also treated that way by the news.
Every story (He does seem to bring it upon himself) they do they have to start it off by using the Sex offender term in the headlines.
I am surprised the news doesn’t follow us all around and when we go to the grocery store they come in with a megaphone and Yell “Attention, a sex offender is ON THE LOOSE IN THE STORE, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES”.
Cherokee J…..What About all the Parents Who Have Been Convicted of DWI/DUI….They can Still Pick their Children up at Educational Places and they can Go to their Children’s Events…..
And they ‘Possibly’ Can Drive in their Vehicles Drunk with Their Children and They are not on a Hit List
Very Interesting!!!!
Truth
Well we have already established that no other group of people are banned as much as we are from just living a normal life. I mean illegals now are being giving free housing, jobs, free health care, free education, child care, Funding, Food stamps etc.
Multiple time felons are getting free education, job training etc, excluding of course us. Also I just saw on the news the new system for air travel that some airports have already implemented. It is all electronic check in with face and passport recognition. I can just see it now when the red alarm light goes off and the speaker throughout the airport screams “Sex offender alert”! Probably shut down all flights as they evacuate the airport.
We all know, they WANT us to fail, so we can get back into the system.
I wonder how many Loogootee preschoolers get tattoos…
You have it all wrong. The preschoolers aren’t going to go get tattoos from him, the guy is going to go to the preschool during his lunch break to molest kids. That’s what registrants do, right?
Dustin
Being part Native American, I thought that LooGooTee was a Native tribe. I looked it up and it is derived from the French Le Gaultier. Watch out World, I just got 1/100 % smarter LOL
Ms Wagoner, and I suppose her first name is Karen, needs to mind her own business and let this man lead his life. Has she taken into account that this man has invested money and time into starting a business that will bring revenue to the city? Has she considered that he actually has a job that that will attract customers?
I suppose we know who will be to blame if his property gets vandalized, since she was the only one who spoke up at the meeting.
Well there are several empty buildings for Rent that are Not around a Preschool so it is quite concerning that he choose that location But I do wish this would stop cause I feel like it is Free advertising for his business
I believe in the right of a business person to select the location that is best for their business. If they had abuse or grooming in mind in that selection, that WOULD be concerning. But the chance that this individual selected his location for the wrong reasons, or that his decision is presenting a danger, is about 0. That’s just not how abuse happens in nearly all cases (including his own case). We don’t want the government deciding his business location.