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Recently, KCBD-TV in Lubbock, Texas did a news story on local employment of sex offenders. Apparently these were law-abiding and productive individuals, but the “news” crew set out to destroy the lives these people were trying to put back together via listing their names, photos, and addresses of where they work, promoting vigilantism and resulting in the termination of at least two workers.

Not only does this action by channel 11 impact the lives of former offenders, but also their families (including children). This station neglected to state the facts about sex offenders, like that only a small percentage re-offend and that most are low-risk according to the Department Of Justice. However, KCBD profiled only a few out of the 90+ offenders they looked up, stating that the offenses of these selected few involved “rape”. According to new definitions, a rape can be regarded as anything between two teenagers having consensual sex to someone forcing sex on a victim at gunpoint! I think KCBD’s description of their crimes are likely inflated based on this finding, plus what about the others, are they all rapists? Likely not because factually, the majority of registered sex offenders have never committed rape.

Click here to watch SOClear Media’s response to KCBD-TV’s news story . Why didn’t KCBD report the facts? Keep in mind this is a FOX station and that FOX is well-known for biased and fraudulent reporting.

Truthfully, this is nothing more than a witch hunt that was crafted to boost ratings using the dangerous tool of hysteria. Just imagine what the families of these former offenders are going through now. Can you say : starving kids?

Please contact this ruthless “news” station and voice your disapproval :

KCBD - TV NewsChannel 11
5600 Ave. A  Lubbock, TX 79404

Main: 806.744.1414
Fax: (806)744-0449

E-mail : 11listens@kcbd.com

It’s hard to imagine you can be punished for obeying the law, but Lubbock has just proven that you indeed can.

  Let it be well known that neither I, nor any of us in organizations who oppose sweeping sex offender laws, in any way condone rape, especially the rape of children.

Unfortunately, current SO laws do nothing to prevent sexual abuse. These laws are simply based on feel-good decisions that claim to “protect our kids” when in fact, many children are victimized by them.  Draconian legislation prevents sexual abuse from being reported since many potential abusers and even their victims fear the backlash or public humiliation involved. Not to mention that over 90% of these crimes are committed by people who are not on the Registry. Also, the minority of sex offenders who are truly dangerous are encouraged to go underground, leaving police with no clue as to where they are. So our attention is obviously focused in the wrong direction if we truly want to fight sexual abuse.

We who are on the side of the Constitution fully support legislation that not only preserves the civil rights of law-abiding offenders and their families, but also prevents sexual abuse with treatment for potential abusers and which includes rehabilitation along with punishment for serious offenders. These steps will dramatically help reduce sexual abuse as many experts will testify .

If these misleading sex offender laws continue to be implemented, rape and molestation crimes will continue and perhaps even grow. According to statistics, kids are less safe now than they were 20 years ago.

You may hear in the media that rape crimes have dropped, but remember that it’s impossible to know how often rape occurs since most rape crimes go unreported. Yet, legislators are hell-bent on over punishing people who urinate in public or look at a few dirty pictures on the Net while giving a thumbs up to real abusers who are not on any Registry and encouraging truly high-risk offenders to drop off the radar screen. Do you and your family members really feel safe knowing these facts?

We are dedicated to changing sex offender laws so that everyone will be safer, not just career politicians. So my statement here should clarify what our organizations stand up for - the preservation of the Constitution and prevention of sexual abuse.

Words to safely live by.

I’m sure by now, most of you have come across these online criminal search websites where you can locate “dangerous” sex offenders living in your area and “protect your kids” from these monsters.

To repeat - 90% of sexual abuse will be committed by someone who is not on the Registry and by someone you already know. Obviously, the re-offense rate is very low and most sex offenders have not raped anyone to begin with. These companies are just out to make money by exploiting your fears and scrubbing the facts. No, these seek-and-destroy services are not free and you may be violating state laws by pulling up data that normally requires your (digital) signature.

The information you collect from these websites will be of little or no use to anyone looking to protect their children. People who ran over kids while driving drunk or who committed manslaughter or sold drugs at the school yard are not listed on any Registry and could be living in your neighborhood right next door to a sex offender whose only crime was mooning someone years ago. However, the mooner is the only offender you’d be informed about out of the four. Feel safer now? I didn’t think so.

Granted, there are a few sex offenders you should genuinely fear. These type of offenders are a small minority of all registered (Tier levels are not a true indicator of risk since the basis for tier level assessment is often manipulated by crooked politicians). Chances are you already know about high-risk offenders through law enforcement notification policies. But again, 90%+ of new sexual abuse will be committed by someone who is not on the Registry! So these services are really a waste of your time and money. Preventive treatment is the best weapon against sexual abuse, not these ex-post-facto revenge trips.

Here is the URL to one of these witch-finder services . Tell them what you think about their fear-mongering scam and maybe you will help outlaw these websites that promote misguided vigilantism. I thank you in advance.

Also, a friend of mine informed me about this cheesy website that promises to do a full scale witch hunt on all criminals (not just SO’s), even those who’ve never been arrested! Here is the link - www.criminalsearches.com . So if you’ve ever had a run-in with the law, even decades ago, your name and other data may be publicly listed here. E-mail the owner and voice your opposition to this defamatory service. It should be illegal!

It is time to put out the torches.

  Probably the main deception politicians spew out that boils my blood is when they claim sex offenders who move to more “lenient” states are “hiding out” in them so they’ll have enough time to plan out their next Freddy Krueger attack. Get real! The fact is most former offenders move to escape oppression and not to harm anyone!

The broad-reaching Adam Walsh Act and accompanying Senate Bills passed in certain states make it impossible for a sex offender to get on with his/her life. No work, no home, no passing by a park/school/arcade, and having their names black-listed on a web registry on top of it would encourage anyone to move, not only to protect themselves but to protect their families.

These corrupt politicians and journalists often point out the worst-case-scenario to “prove” their point. However, those cases where a violent predator moves to another state for the sole purpose of raping someone is very rare. The majority of RSO’s just want their lives restored, without having to live in fear that some weirdo from the Perverted Justic cult will set their homes on fire!

Idiots like Dina Titus (D-Nevada) who promote these draconian sex offender laws are nothing but career-minded demagogues who prey on your fears to promote these unfounded ideas…and to promote their jobs.

So the next time you hear a politician blabber on about creating even more tough sex offender laws to prevent “dangerous” people from hiding out in your state, consider the fact most RSO’s have never committed rape and statistically are a lot more safe than drug abusers living in your community. Plus, consider how these counter-productive laws not only impact the offenders but also their families.

Escaping oppression is not “hiding out”, especially when the former offender is doing it legally. There is a reason why the Adam Walsh Act has been frozen in Nevada, it is unconstitutional.

I sincerely hope that politicians like Orrin Hatch will be exposed for their fraudulent sex offender gibberish so the public will finally know the truth. These politicians care little or nothing about your families’ well being, only about votes.

Just remember what Jews in WWII Germany went through with their government. If one of them left Germany to gain back his freedom, would he be “hiding out”, or would he be escaping oppression? Sleep on that one people.