Lauren Book’s children’s pediatrician arrested for CP.
Let’s preface this post by saying we strongly condemn the actions this pediatrician is accused of. We hope Senator Book’s children, and all the former patients of this doctor, are safe and were not harmed.
A popular South Florida pediatrician was arrested and charged with three felonies. Among the crimes he is charged with is possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor. In an online post, Senator Lauren Book wrote, “This was my child’s pediatrician. I had no idea. No alarm bells went off. Nothing. Let this serve as a warning – ANYONE can be a predator, regardless of profession, level of education, interpersonal skills, zip code, etc. If I can be caught off guard, anyone can.”
The Senator’s own comments make the point that we’ve been trying to make for years. Perpetrators of sex crimes can by ANYONE. Not only that, but in the overwhelming majority of cases it is someone known to the victim, such as a teacher, coach, friend or family member. As Sen. Book sadly and unfortunately knows, it can even be the nanny hired by your parents to care for you, or the pediatrician you brought your own children to.
If we focus attention and resources on a stupid list, we are diverting focus from the more likely perpetrators and creating a false sense of security. Instead of telling parents to check the registry in advance of Halloween and implying children will somehow be safe, we should be telling parents to accompany their child to every single door they knock on.
Instead of investing so much time and money into perpetually punishing former offenders, we instead need to apply those resources towards prevention. Instead of investing so many resources into perpetuating stranger danger myths and other nonsense, we need to focus on education. Education based on actual best practices and empirical research, not misinformation.
The sex offender registry gets this so wrong!
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We hear so much today from both sides of the political aisles about the “Rule of Law”…, but WHOSE law? Jeffrey Epstein’s? “Liberty and Justice for ALL who can afford it.” And he certainly could…up until the last solitary confinement cell in New York’s own “Bastille”, known as the “Tombs”, a much more accurate description. How about the Rule of Law according to the Prosecutor, who is absolutely immune to it in terms of accountability for falsified evidence, lying to defendants, suborning perjury to get a conviction where none should have been had-but is indeed another notch on his or her professional pistol to help with their next leg up on the government dime. And then there’s the Rule of Law for the Judiciary-which will countenance almost anything before the bench if it’s to the judge’s individual advantage. We have many such so-called “Nuremburg” judges in our courts.
So it seems the Rule of Law is what any of these people say it is, and it all comes down to who has the most coercive power as to who’s definition is decided upon in any given situation.
Phys Ed
Well said , but what can be done to get the masses to realize it?
Unfortunately you are pretty accurate with this evaluation. Facts have become meaningless and there are some classes of people in the US of A who are considered guilty before a ‘crime’ is even committed…this goes beyond ‘racism’.
There are more predators than just sex predators, i.e, the Books.
Capt
So true. Everytime I sell something on craigslist, I get a text from Predators/scammers asking me to send them a code. If you send them a code, they can take over your phone. I always text them back and tell them God knows what you are doing.