IL: Lawsuit dismissed after sex offenders living at Aurora ministry find new homes
Sex offenders who sued to stay at the Wayside Cross Ministries halfway house in downtown Aurora after a judge ruled it is too close to a playground have dropped their litigation after all of them found alternative housing.
The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed Friday, according to Kane County court records and their attorney, Adele Nicholas, who credited the Kane County state’s attorney’s office with giving the 18 men time to move instead of arresting and essentially evicting them.
I wish I could see this as a victory for citizens of the registry but it is actually a victory for bigotry. People were forced to move because of the fears of others based on false information and lies.
You are absolutely correct, Capt. If I recall, the city triggered the controversy by adding a few meager pieces of playground equipment at an existing park in order to create the conflict. Now the city has taken the high ground by claiming that because of state law, it had no choice in the matter. Pure hypocrisy!
“Aurora police spokesman Paris Lewbel said the city had no choice but to report the violation.” The city did have a choice, and the motives behind that choice are completely transparent.
Veritas.
I nearly forgot that aspect— that the city CREATED the violation artificially.
Right, how can any city ‘create’ a violation and make it legal. The law is not supposed to create violations, it’s supposed to prevent them. How can this kind of activity stand up to the Constitution?
How can any law be made to forcefully create it’s own violation?
Creating a law to break itself????
How can that be and be legal????
David VC, it’s not Constitutional or legal but since when did that matter to politicians? They are like spoiled brats…their way or the highway. Where are the peaceful protesters when you need them?
I seem to recall that this case went to the local federal court, who ruled in favor of the registrants. After that, the DA DOWN there found a golf buddy in a robe who not-so-shockingly gave him the ruling he wanted. I also recall that the whole ordeal with Wayside began when the ministry accepted a high- profile convicted murderer. Curious that this article mentioned neither.
Also curious how they cited “privacy concerns” regarding where the 18 men moved (as though no one could look them up on the registry anyway). Wasn’t where they resided a critical public safety concern? Don’t their new neighbors have a “right to know”? Since when is a registrant’s privacy something to be respected and acknowledged?
Agree with the Captain – this is a victory for the registry Nazis.
Good on the state’s attorney for handling this in a sensible and humane way. In FL they’d more likely try to score an arrest.
Well, gee! Aren’t they sweethearts?! (Not!!)
Now, not only can nobody live there, but if anybody tries, these people will say, ‘ we tried to be nice to these people!’
The whole idea that these men had to move in the first place is totally unjust!
I wish they could have found a way to Slug It Out in court anyway, even though the point is temporarily moot.
This isnt a win for any cause other than the not in My backyarders. Makes the prosecutor look heroic for not having them arrested. Unreal and truly hurtful. I have to face a reality that because i came to florida my family will have safe shelter from any storm and i will just be left to chance. Just because i made the mistake of coming to florida.
There will come a time when there’s nowhere to go, and everything is off limits. When does the injustice end? When we physically have to defend ourselves from this tyranny?
What residency restriction cases are currently being tried or have been decided that affect any part or all of Florida at the State or Federal level?
I have a hard time finding logic in the application of a completely arbitrary distance standard because it cannot possibly be based on any facts on hand. Shouldn’t this be an easy one to win in the courts?
Does v. Miami-Dade
(Case No. 19-10254)
Currently in the 11th DCA
thanks
The Wayside Cross is a church. This law prevents the people from receiving the religious services they choose to reintegrate into society. It sets a precedent that an RSO can be prevented by a law to attend religious services even when the religious institution invites him. Now read the First Amendment.
Roger, and the politician lawmaker said…”What’s the first amendment?”
We would not want to overload them with facts and the constitution.