IL: County sheriff’s deputies monitoring sex offenders
This isn’t that newsworthy except for the Deputy’s comments that registrants should be forced to remain in their county of conviction. Someone might want to remind him of the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution which states, “The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.” Freedom of movement is a fundamental right and once someone is off probation there is no reason or right to restrict them.
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This is Indiana, actually. Sheriff Forestal used to work the sex crimes unit so he obviously has animus towards Registered Persons. He also doesn’t seem to understand that Indianapolis is a big city so that means more Registered Persons.
Pretty infurating watchig this… Just saw this sherriff on another channel speaking about the extremely high recividism rate amongst registered citizens. This POS thinks he is above the constutution. I hope more and more registered citizens move to Marion County.
texasdude
They are either purposely lying or do not care to study the statistics. Based on the science, we have a low rate of repeat offense. Most of us who were sent to prison were so fortunate we made it through those years without being killed.
People would ask what you were in for and I would always skirt the question. But the guards would overhear the conversation and not give a shit you were going to get your ass beat. They would yell out “Yeah he’s a sex offender”.
What I found out after getting out, when I looked up some of those bad dudes giving me a hard time, THEY themselves were in there for a sex offense. Talk about diverting the spotlight off of themselves.
Sounds like the public doesn’t mind as much as the law does
Yet another sheriff acting like he can just make up laws to may him look good. In Indiana not everyone is a lifetime registration. So he is just full of it, and the news station did the normal thing by stoking the fire. I hope and pray that these less make sense before they kill me
Tired
Speaking of the news. Many times I will see a story and they will say
“John Doe” (Fill in a real name) a registered predator was just accused of being too close to a school and arrested”. Most times I will look them up on the registry and they are listed as an offender, not a predator.
I corrected someone in my neighborhood once calling me a predator. I said “I am listed as a sex offender but since I am not currently offending, even that is wrong”. Their response “I don’t give a $@#$ what you call it, you need to move and you are offending me, so you are an offender”.
You are better than me. That’s part of what scares me about being out in society. I’m fully disabled combat vet, I have issues from that. The registry compounds those. So I avoid everything that has other people. It sucks for my kids and wife, but it is what it is. For now.
Tired
I will keep you in my Prayers. Thank you for your service. I was born on a military base. Dad was in Vietnam.
CherokeeJack
You’ve been on the registry almost as I long as I’ve been alive. You paid your debt to society and should be free to live your life without Tallahassee and the feds pulling a fast one. Government has climbed the sword of sex offenses bullcrap and they can die on it.
Brandon
Thank you for the kind words and reminding me I am old LOL.
Also, I probably have socks that are older that you 🙂
Anyway, yes my incident was 30 years ago. First when I got sentenced, there was no registry. When I got released I was put on for an unspecified time. Then I got paperwork saying 20 years. Then it changed to 25, then life.
Did I do anything additional to cause this? No. In the past 30 years I have not had so much as a spitting on the sidewalk ticket.
I think F.A.C opened my eyes to the issue. Once lawmakers got a ruling that the registries are not punishment, they had a blank check to do whatever the Hell they wanted. It is up to us to fight it in court. The big wigs know the majority of people on the registry “Ain’t got no money”.
If it was up to “Law Enforcement and The Government”, All Sex Offenders would be Shipped to a Desolate Island somewhere in the middle of the Ocean !!!!!. It’s sad that they have that Mentality !!!
Tired
Actually, if you could hear a conversation behind the scenes out of prying eyes and ears, the opinion of many would be “Shoot the bastards”. Think that is just my opinion? Yes it is an opinion. But based on some of the things I saw and heard while employed in law enforcement, it is based on experience.
I use to pull up to crime scenes and see someone shot during a drug deal. A bunch of the guys (Officers) would be standing over the body making jokes. Granted, the person was probably not a stand up citizen, but I would expect more from officials who take an oath to protect, serve and honor the badge. The fact they would say things like “One less dirt bag we have to worry about”, is worrisome.
When I arrested someone bad and got them off the streets, It made me feel good that I made a difference in the community. I never mistreated anyone I arrested no matter how disgusting they were. I would even ask them if the cuffs were too tight. I got made fun of by other officers for not being tougher on the “scum under our feet”.
I would almost say “Let them do it” as that would SURELY be punishment, and the straw the broke the camels back. But the luck we as a group have, it would backfire. One more freedom taken away, one less lawsuit won and untold thousands of lawsuit money down the drain.
Some of these things that are happening to us are comparable to rights taken away by citizens of places like China, Russia, North Korea and others. Some of those citizens fought back and sadly, they paid a dire price for their resistance.