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The way you fight back is starting with something small. For instance, STOP giving your signature during compliance checks. They always stick that clipboard right under my nose first thing. It even has the “X” prepared with a yellow highlighter.
Just don’t feel pressured, intimidated and bullied into signing it. Just tell them “compliance checks are not an auxiliary function of the registration process.” If you sign it, you’re waving your right of innocence to any wrongdoing. You’re admitting guilt that you’re a threat and need constant monitoring. So, think about that next time they roll up.
If they badger and pressure you, reply back: “There is no sense of urgency or immediacy in any of this as this measure offers zero proactive benefit in lieu of public safety.”
Are PFR’s complying with the request to sign their name on the electronic pads (or whatever method) when re-registering? My registration receipt then shows my signature, agreeing to all of the rules on the receipt. Of course, I didn’t get to read those rules before signing.
https://casetext.com/statute/florida-statutes/title-x-public-officers-employees-and-records/chapter-112-public-officers-and-employees-general-provisions/part-i-conditions-of-employment-retirement-travel-expenses/section-11223-government-directed-content-moderation-of-social-media-platforms-prohibited
(2)A governmental entity may not communicate with a social media platform to request that it remove content or accounts from the social media platform.
(3) A governmental entity may not initiate or maintain any agreements or working relationships with a social media platform for the purpose of content moderation.”
You know they send our email address to these social media platforms that’s in violation of these new rules.
yes it may be but there not doing it for content moderation there escape goat is its for public safty
https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/pinellas-park-sex-offender-camp-residents-told-to-move-by-tuesday/amp/
Where can they go?
Thank you, Eugene, for alerting us about this worsening situation.
Got an odd question and see if anyone has had any experience with this. My brother is on GPS monitoring, his doctor wants him to wear leg braces for a few hours each day. Because this braces and molded to his leg and are custom fit. (imagine a piaster cast and not too far off). But is PO is giving him a hard time. You can not wear the brace and monitor at the same time. They wont allow him to remove the GPS. Any thoughts??
Hey jack there was a guy I knew that they amputated both of his feet due to diabetes. What they did was put his monitor on his wrist and checked it a little closer when they seen him to make sure he couldn’t take it off
I developed type 2 diabetes while on probation. Had to have surgery to amputate part of my foot, because of the surgery MRIs the hospital per, probation came and placed the monitor on my wrist.
https://ctmirror.org/2023/08/10/its-time-to-reform-the-ct-sex-offense-registry/
Good article
More more good news https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/registry-to-life-sentence-tn-courts-remove-dozens-from-sex-offender-registry-after-successful-legal-challenges
Good article. The woman opposed to the subjects removal, uses the same/similar argument that the person victimized is always a victim.
Obviously not true for all of us on the registry. But does anyone or FAC have a better argument to counter that sentiment? I don’t know how to counter that. I don’t have a victim, but I have made amends for my actions to my wife, family and the few friends that didn’t disappear.
BWJ’s ‘the victim will always be a victim’ has three flaws.
First is that, telling a survivor that they will always be a victim is usually counterproductive to their recovery.
Second, different victims are different. Some suffer for life, while others recover, especially with proper counseling.
And third is that, even if ‘they will always be a victim’ is true, when that argument is used to justify the registry, then that is an argument for punishment. It’s an argument we can have a legitimate debate about (how much punishment is the right amount?), but it has nothing to do with public safety. It’s at least a more honest justification for registries than we often hear from our lawmakers.
So BWJ raises an important question.
They like the idea that the victim will always be a victim so they can justify they’re once a sex offender always a sex offender agenda
Notice that the purported victim advocates never celebrate (and even demonize, in some cases) recovered victims and claim the targets of their advocacy get worse every year despite their efforts (which should bring their approach into question, but never does). I bet far more sex crime victims recover from their ordeals than the purported advocates will ever admit.
Make no mistake – the last thing sex crime victim advocates want is a recovered victim. They’ve created the notion that sex crime victims are entitled to a lifetime of coddling and being denied what they want is somehow a “slap in the face.”
I think it’s more along the lines of justifying their advocacy and gives a abasis to solicit more funding for it. As is so often the case, follow the money.
Another point for you is a victim of sexual abuse becomes an abuser. The victim became the perpetrator they coddle until they can demonize oh the irony
Just sayin – That is a fact they do not want to admit. I saw that in ADTC as 70% were abused as a child.
I reached out Levi Ismail who did the piece and thanked him for being objective and fair. Also pointed out the advocates untrue statement that released PFRs will just “do it again”. Mr. Ismail has done a similar piece on Thomas last year that I recommend checking out. It was linked in this article.