Operation “Southern Impact II” – what the numbers don’t tell.
Parents nationwide have been fed misleading headlines touting the results of operation “Southern Impact II” which purportedly “nabbed 76 child-sex predators” and in which “13 children were rescued or identified as victims”.
Without more, those are some scary numbers and what appears to be a very successful “operation”, but if you dig below the surface, it’s not so successful after all… For example; the phrase, “rescued or identified as victims”. Which is is? Were they rescued or did they merely “identify” them as victims? That makes a big difference.
Then let’s analyze the 76 arrests. Consider that number in the context of the following stats:
- Operation Southern Impact II, was coordinated by nine (9) Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.
- The results were the results across eight (8) states.
- The planning for Operation Southern Impact II began approximately 4 months ago.
- A total of 222 law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies participated in the operation.
- 736 digital devices were previewed and 1,255 digital devices were seized
- A number of arrests were made that were not directly related to child pornography but rather as a result of the investigative actions taken during Operation Southern Impact II. More specifically, these arrests consisted of offenders that were found to be non-compliant with the terms of previous criminal sentences (ie: registration violations).
So over the course of four months and involving 222 law enforcement agencies across eight states, investigating a couple thousand electronic devices, they generated only 76 arrests – a number of which were for “technical violations” of registry laws?
I’d like to know how may of those arrest will stick and, more importantly, how much money was invested in this operation! Those are numbers we’ll undoubtedly never know.
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Getting back to the topic of the post, I’m sure Sharif Gravy Jug had both hands and mouth in the federal money pie for this so-called operation. Why is it that entrapment is illegal except when it comes to creating more SOs?
Here is a scenario using their own laws against them with the recent passing of https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865:
They want to pass this law and make it retroactive. As such CL has already taken down all of their Personal Ads.
The law states that it wants “Users” of websites to be liable for both Civil and Criminal Misuse of their website.
For every single “Undercover” Internet Operation that was initiated by Law Enforcement does that not mean because THEY misused the website to start a criminal conversation with whomever (As recent as Operation Paladin Shield in Fort Walton) Every single one of these has been initiated by a LEO and most if not all involved the Criminal Alachua County Detectives.
Does that mean that those convicted or charged of this can use this federal law as a basis that the Law Retroactively broke the law???
in cali If you were convicted BEFORE the internet identifier you dont have to give them anything they cant do a retro active law here…
that being said LOL…
When I was on parole I violated every single day looking at porn etc haha You only have to be smarter than parole, which in itself they are pretty stupid. Craigslist just SHUT down the personals section for ALL in the US some LAME Law, holding a website responsible (meant for sex trafficers)…wll a gun company isnt responsible when someone shoots up a school (like in FL) so a website shouldnt be responsible for what someone posts… that is like saying your responsible for words I said when I was talking to you in a conversation…
Im waiting for the civil war against the government,,, a registry… freedom of speech etc… When time comes im all in haha OUR LAME US government needs to be SHUT down and done away with 10000% they are useless anyways.