Despite everyone’s take on what is happening now, this is certainly an opportunity for us to show what happens when vigilante actions are done on a large scale. All of us in this email chain should be aware of the murder of a registered person in Omaha two weeks ago. The group tied to the murderer is pushing for potential juries to free this killer by abusing Jury Nullification. they want the law changed to minimize or eliminate penalties for murdering registered persons. If they succeed, looters and rioters will be the least of our worries.

Our movement has always been non-violent. Our protests have always been peaceful demonstrations, and they should have been fully supported by EVERYONE in this movement but they were not because many of you are afraid of hurting the sensitivities of our oprerssers. Indeed, Lauren Book compared me to the Parkland School Shooter a couple years back.

We suffer in our own way by the injustice of an unfair system and while I don’t sympathize with rioters and looters, I certainly sympathize with those who have been unjustly treated by this harsh system of “justice” and are tired of the abuse.

Last year, I was kidnapped by the police and dragged across state lines for a crime I did not commit. I was taken into custody when I registered. I almost died during transport (our transport system is a privatized mess, feel free to research it). By the time I reached Broward County, my feet had swollen three times the normal size, my blood pressure was 190/140, and sores had bled on my legs. It was 21 days before I was even notified of what I had been accused of. I was denied basic medical case– I have severe sleep apnaea and was never allowed a CPAP machine. We may say here in America innocent until proven guilty but we don’t practice it. And as a registrant, I have to worry each time I register of being accused of some crazy BS.

Our so-called justice system is broken. It needs serious reform. We’re trying to fix a part of it ourselves. And like it or not, politics plays a key role in what we do. The sex offense registry is a bipartisan effort. Democrats and Republicans have both benefited from pushing sex offense laws and other bad public policies over the years.

Yes, police militarization is a huge problem too; I am reminded of this when the US Marshals come to my house for a compliance check dressed like they’re hunting ISIS or every time I have to register and get warned failure to comply is a felony.

Don’t the looters/ rioters take away from the larger message of reform, and don’t be fooled into believing kissing the (rumps) of our oppressors is going to do anything beneficial for us. It certainly has not. And the current administration has proven themselves to be beyond merely incompetent, but also extremely dangerous.