Comments on: Are sex offender registries reinforcing inequality?

By: Lee C

Lee C — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:58:58 +0000

In reply to G.W..

You are very correct in those observations. I would like to add that I have observed that the majority of those who work in law enforcement also have a lower sense of self and need to be a part of a group of thugs to have any self worth at all.

The are generally gullible and often very religious, feeling that they are saving the world from evil doers. Sadly they themselves are the evil doers but most are too stupid to understand that.

So were bullied as children and now spend their lives trying to compensate for that humiliation by bullying others – “legally” and feel they are whole. Sex offenders are the easiest target so they bully us with relish as they treat us as the scum they think we are.

I also concur that the law enforcement in Florida is one pathetic bunch of losers so clearly Florida is scraping the bottom of the barrel. What can you expect from individuals like this? Sympathy, Compassion, Fairness? Never gonna happen.

By: JV

JV — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:17:43 +0000

This is a good read….old though. Can’t seem to find a newer one.

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/rsorp94pr.cfm

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:59:32 +0000

In reply to Edward Ruggles. Well said. I found the same type of reception in Virginia Beach.

By: JV

JV — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:59:24 +0000

How many articles like this must be written or published before it is realized by the ones who can repeal these ridiculous laws……If the judges continually quote the “high” rate of recidivism for sex offenders, which is 6.5%, then what do they call the drug re-offenders at 30%???? Almost 5 times more likely to re-offend with the same category of offense, and yet…where’s their registry? How are they NOT considered a danger to society? Why don’t they have living restrictions? Why aren’t drug laws applied retroactively?

NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE!!!!!!

By: Edward Ruggles

Edward Ruggles — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:36:11 +0000

I live in Florida, but I work seven months in a different state. Everytime I have to go to the Florida Sheriff’s office to report any kind of a change I feel like I’m lucky to leave. The difference in the other State is like night and day. The Officers in this other State make my experience uneventful, quick and non judgmental…. I’ll made to feel human…a person who is not viewed as a sex offenders, but as a person of value. I do not feel shamed when I’m there or when I leave. We all know the negatives, but there are those who have a bit of empathy….God Bless them who don’t continue to judge a bad choice that brought me to have to register as a past sex offenders.

By: G.W.

G.W. — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 16:39:22 +0000

In reply to Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret).

It’s very easy for those who don’t have a soul or conscience. As long as they can convince (lie to) people that their streets are safer and get paid for making people believe it is all that matter’s to them. Opportunists like this practice lying to the public to make themselves look good and pass so called ” feel good laws” so the do-gooder citizens feel safer and they can keep their jobs. Because as everyone should know Politics is all they know and if they had to do any REAL work… they would starve to death.

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:19:02 +0000

How can these legislators go home at night with a clear conscience knowing that they are breaking the law and violating common decency in doing what they think is their jobs?