The New “Crime Wave” Panic and the Long Shadow of John Walsh
We are still living in the world that Walsh, and “America’s Most Wanted,” helped build: a paranoid populace that believes crime is everywhere and can only be solved through relentless policing.
As the host of Fox’s America’s Most Wanted from 1988 through 2011, Walsh would fuel the nation’s crime panic and reinforce his position as the country’s foremost proponent of harsh anti-crime measures. With its grim, gritty tone and dramatic reenactments of violent acts, the show sought to induce fear in the American public, alerting viewers to rare, sensational events and thus distorting their conceptions of crime and danger. Walsh’s status as a bereaved parent and a well-known anti-crime crusader also propelled him into the halls of power (despite his professed distaste for the “backstabbers in the world of politics”), where he bent the ear of every U.S. president from Ronald Reagan through Barack Obama
The Walshes pressured federal policymakers to pass, and President Reagan to sign, the Missing Children Act of 1982 and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 1984. These laws stemmed from the “stranger danger” panic that gripped the nation beginning in the early to mid-1980s. At the time, aggrieved parents, politicians, and talking heads claimed that 50,000 or more children fell victim to stranger abduction in the United States annually. (The actual figure was and remains somewhere around 100..
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“claimed that 50,000 or more children fell victim to stranger abduction in the United States annually. (The actual figure was and remains somewhere around 100..”
I can see how this number is confusing but I can see how it could have been a mistake. Here let me help open your eyes.
Just remove the 1 and replace it with a 5. Then add two more zeros AND a comma. Now you have a…………………………Wait a minute .
Ok yeah nice try inflating the numbers (Sarcasm)
Congress believed Walsh when he said America’s streets were “littered with mutilated, decapitated, raped, strangled children” and hinted the actual murder numbers were in the millions.
Victim advocates like Walsh and the Books have no business influencing public policy. These people are schizo, yet due to their exalted status, legislators and courts cowtow to even the most absurd delusions of the exalted victim cultists.
Time for Americans to stand up and speak out before the government takes every citizens freedom away. Shouldn’t matter what your political and religious views, age, sex, economic status, criminal/non criminal record, geographic region and other circumstances to be able to see what’s happening. As a former Republican I’ve never been ticked off at both sides of the aisle, media sensations of a rare story broadcast 24/7, citizens claiming to be religious while being the opposite outside of church, and continuing division of this country based on fear. We are becoming a police state.
Brandon
they are gone already
Not even on the registry off 2006 did the same stupid Walsh done, I canr even Petition my wife from another country
9 yrs of marriage and the Kicker they claim I may pose a risk to my wife
BUT I have our daughter here in US living here with me she is 7 yrs old
this country DGAF about my daughter, if i posed such a risk.to my wife as they claim then why do I have my/her daughter????? all punishment
punishing me and my child by keeping there mother away and barred from this country as long as she is married to me… or I die then its not an issue at all
#Experenced
I have a “radical” idea that might work but you would have to run it by a lawyer. What if the two of you agreed to get a divorce. This would be on paper, the two of you could probably then live together since she met the obligation of “Not being married to you”.
Just a thought if you really want to get her back. Just odd, like you said it is ok for your daughter to be with you. What I am thinking is your daughter was born here but your wife wasn’t?
They gave my buddy a hard time getting his wife over from Australia. They ended up ending their relationship since they would not let her over. The thing is, he is a decorated Marine and never been arrested and not on the registry.
But here is the kicker. Not picking on any race but, they let migrants from the South of us to come through by the 1000s and give them housing, food, and more. But guys like you cannot even get your legal wife over here?
The things that happen to us should be on the show “The Twilight Zone”. Just freaking Bizarre .
Cherokee Jack
My daughter Was born In the Philippines! a filipino citizen and a US citizen by birth..of US citizen I had to file all the papers at US embassy Phils.. to finalize her an american citizenship then get this Bureau of Immigration Allowed me to take her back to the US
I ran the Anulment Idea past her just as your thinking she totally refused
Im not blacklisted from the Phils but Im ready for them to pull there shit Then i get ahold of the BI comissioner and ask him which social media would he like me to post allowing a sex offender to take a child out of the phils…we will see how far this sht will go…
I dont lay down for NO body..USAF veteran
and since the registry I refuse to display the american flag anywhere
this is not the country I served …
so tell me just how Fked up this system is huh..
Experenced
First off, thank you for your service to the country.
Secondly, know you are not alone. I was shocked to see how many Registered citizens living in the woods are veterans. Not because the VA is not helping them, but they are NOT allowed to live anywhere.
For the LOVE of God, how can a judge NOT call that punishment. When you are banished to the woods? I do not work (I am disabled) but if it was not for my loving parents, I would be living in the Sex offender resort in the woods as well.
Here’s a quote from Wikipedia for those who aren’t familiar with Walsh’s admitted sex crime for which he was never prosecuted:
“In his book Tears of Rage, Walsh openly admits being in a relationship with 16-year-old Revé when Walsh was in his early 20s and aware of the age of consent being 17 in New York.[30] Critics of the Adam Walsh Act have pointed out that, had he been convicted, Walsh himself would have been subject to sex offender registration under the law which he aggressively promoted.”
Since he also pushes the idea that sex offenders will repeat their crimes, we have to assume that he has other victims out there who he hasn’t revealed.
Gerald
They are not better than us, they just have not gotten caught. I often wonder how many police chiefs, Judges and other high ranking officials did something in their past and go away with it. Just look at all the people being accused of something like a Politician who when they were in college slipped something into a girls (Or boys) drink and took advantage of them.
I use to criticize the victims for waiting so long. Then I realized something things I saw when I was younger and didn’t speak up either. You become afraid for your job and at the time think “Who is going to believe me over an influential figure”?
Cherokeejack,
One thing that surprised during my prison stay was that several of the guards told me that they wouldn’t judge inmates because they, themselves, also did things in their past that merited prison time, but they never got caught. The corrections officers I dealt with for 12 years were mostly very nice people who spoke to me like I was a human being. Probably because their experiences working there showed them that most inmates, especially sex offenders, are good people who did something bad.
Gerald
The prison I was sent to, you had to be more scared of the guards than other inmates. A lot of North Florida prisons are in “Good old boy” territory. If it was not for the prisons, there would be NO jobs in those areas.
The guards would find stuff in your storage locker that was not there before because they planted it. I saw so many inmates get beaten by guards, 10 on one.
One guy who never bothered a soul and spent all his time to himself and reading his bible. He got a highlighter from the Chaplin (They were banned in your possession). During a “Shake” down of the dorm, they found his highlighter and he got sent to confinement for 3 days and lost 3 months of gain time.
I am sure I could have been sent to a worse one but I know there were better ones as well. Having said that, You’re in prison so it is not supposed to be a vacation. But when the guards act worse than the inmates, are they not as bad if not worse than those they are guarding?
Prison Guards are almost completely untrained, under paid and mostly hate their jobs. One of the top three worse jobs in America. So when they come to work, they are just as pissed off as you are in your cell. Divorces run rampant, suicides and Guards turning to crime are most likely. So the likelihood of violence perpetrated against inmates is probably 90% or higher. They know nothing about mental health, know nothing about identifying sociological problems which results to violence and dark ages treatment of the incarcerated. Point of discussion: “Be Nice to Prison Guards!
Hey Jack BTW my attorney told me to get my wife to mexico
and he can get her in go figure huh
That is awesome brother. I will keep your situation in my prayers.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future
Jeremiah 29:11
Well, as we’ve seen from time and time again, there’s no stature of limitations for sex crimes. People can pop out of the wood works 35+ yrs after the alleged incident and try to bring charges against someone.
The state in which Walsh currently lives can bring up the charges based on his own admittance.
Maestro
Having said that, it is a HELL-of-Ah lot harder to prove and prosecute cases from that long ago. And as far as statue of limitations, I think that was also recently changed to no time limits.
When I was in counseling, the counselor told me that a lot of the old cases that come to light are years later when the victim/accuser seeks counseling for drug/alcohol addictions and they spill the beans during a session. I guess the counselors are then required by law to report that.
I am amazed the “controversy” section on John Walsh’s encyclopedia is still up. I created that section and added most of what is currently in that section. Wikipedia has a lot of backstage politics and some people are well-protected. Lauren Book had her page well-protected, they kept removing anything negative I posted even though it was coming from legitimate local media.
Im waiting on lawmakers to make it mandatory for all Registered citizen to get the covid injections or demand probation officers to push it on a person.. Making it a law claiming RSOs have to do it cause of all of the homeless RSOs
Biden as well signed on that bill
Walsh is just as guilty of underage dating
he anounced what he did on national TV
90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct since 2017 amazing do as we say not as we do..
Then now we have this it will be washed under the rug as well
https://www.aol.com/news/arizona-lawmaker-resigns-arrest-child-112256309.html
when is the going to end…
Foundation of The Police State being set with Unconstitutional, Punitive, Post De exFacto punishment. Adding to the circle of Walsh Acts
This needed to be said. Well done!