Metro: Paedophiles get revenge on vigilante who brought 28 sex offenders to justice
Setting aside the use of the term “pedophile” in their title, here’s an interesting article out of Metro in the UK.
One of those online vigilantes that make a sport out of setting up individuals in self-initiated “predator stings” is on the receiving end of some justice, according to his own account.
It seems a group of his targets might have put his picture out there and labeled him as a “pedophile”. Now he claims his life is in danger and he’s afraid to leave his house.
He told Metro, “âPeople attack sex offenders in their society and people might think I am a sex offender if they see this online.” and “âItâs very dangerous. They even posted up my home address and made threats to come and get me… âI have this fear that someone will recognise me and think I am a sex offender and be attacked or even killed.â” “âI canât get employment because employers wonât want to employ someone that everywhere says is a sex offender.”
Interesting… so now you know how it feels to put someone out there as a “pedophile” without the allegations even being proven!
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It may be illegal to use the registry for nefarious purposes there is no real punishment for doing so we are attacked and killed while in law enforcement custody and nothing happens If a registrant is victimized in some way or even killed just because they are on the registry it isn’t even considered a hate crime which it should be. I don’t feel bad for this troll because he did feel badly when he helped facilitate public shaming of others now the shoe is on the other foot
I was going to ask if laughing hysterically would make me a bad person, but as I am an RSO, I am already a bad person. Would laughing make me a worse person? đ
Joe M,
No it wouldnt make you a “bad person”. You never were a bad person; you “may” (I dont know–only you & God know) have done a bad thing but that does not make you a bad person.
This may be a story about getting even and make some feel vindicated but nonetheless it’s not the right thing to do. We must always remember that in the fight for justice, two wrongs do not make a right. There should be no joy in seeing someone treated as an RSO, either rightly or wrongly. Let’s pray that we can all live some day in a society where forgiveness is a standard, acknowledging that at sometime in life we have all failed and are all in need of forgiveness.
Sorry capt I strongly disagree with you I’ve been reading these posts for over 3 years and almost every one of you is about God two wrongs don’t make a ride to turn the other cheek I’ve had enough my kids are suffering my wife and suffering I am suffering everyday I want to blow my brains out but we’ve got to forgive and forget is basically what you’re saying turn the other cheek thank you for your service to our country for all these years but everyone of you that post on this website it’ll be a cold day in Hell before Florida let’s go or the United States government it’s all about money and fear there’s only a few of you that’s got it right on this website and it’s the ones that talk how Hitler did the same thing to the Jews and every other country he occupied I’ll never say another thing on this website it is my first time and my last time that I ever post anything on this website deal with it that’s the way the government works there is no freedoms there is nothing as long as you have corrupt politicians in office
I understand your anger. I have to fight it everyday. But I believe that satan will use our anger to destroy us. The Bible says,”Forgive and not remember”. As humans it’s probably impossible to ‘forget’ but as God’s Word so states…”Not remember”…means our failures will not be used against us. Those failures that are now being used against us are the results of works by satan’s menions.. What I have found works for me was to let my friends and neighbors know about the situation that I am in and then let them see the peace with which I handle it. Many say they couldn’t. That peace causes me to wake up each morning looking forward to the day; looking forward to the challenges I have the opportunity to tackle. It’s not always easy but I have faith that the outcome will be what is right. My victim and I get along fine now that we have been able to see what lead to my character failure and knowing that was not the “real me”. God’s forgiveness lite a ‘new fire’ in my spirit. Of course when all else fails I tell everyone “I had a good plebe year!” Hang in there. This too will come to an end.
Gee, isnt that a shame. He feels what sex offenders feel everyday. He is afraid to go out of his house, God forbid, he should get stalked, beaten, stabbed, chased down the street. Poor baby……
Even tho, in Florida, it is “illegal” to use the info on the website to harass, terrorize, be a vigilante against someone who you dont even know. They do it everyday. The prison systems do it. I have had windows shot out, been shot at, had my vehicles damaged, letters sent thru the mail and even PM’ed on Nextdoor that I was a f****ng Abomination to the existence of the human race.
Time to fight back people. Before they start
“the Purge”
I DO NOT CONDONE VIOLENCE!!!!
But as was said by (I forget his name) on the bridge leading into Concord on April 19, 1775.
“I do not want a war, but by God, if it must happen, let it start here”.
A shot was fired, and the USA was born.
If it takes this kind of “wake-up call”, then let it happen here !
Exactly the reason why registries should not be openly available to public view.
They should only be used by the authorites.
The only reason to make registries accessible by the public would be so that the public could take matters into their own hands, to make the public pro-active. Wait! Technically publicly accessible registries not only enable vigilantism, but advocate, because the authorities know the public will abuse their access.