On our own
Three un-related reports were recently published that collectively reflect the common frustrations persons forced to register share. They amplify the simple message that whatever gains are sought, they will only come by fighting the fight together.
The CATO Institute just published their Human Freedom Index which compares liberty and freedom country by country. The categories covered convey the ability to live freely within one’s society. Freedom is often a concept under-valued and under appreciated for many who have so much of it they take it for granted. As imagined, the US scores fairly well for freedom relative to other countries.
However, the Index is blind to uniquely American challenges. No hit is taken for the disenfranchisement of the right to vote of millions of felons. The freedom of movement, the right to live where so desired, the right to assemble, and most specifically, the right to know that new laws with new punishment schemes won’t be passed each year affecting those with prior convictions are freedoms a person forced to register never feels or never experiences in this country.
In fact, it is very hard to be a person forced to register and reconcile that the US ranks high in freedom relative to other countries. These inconsistencies in the rule of law remain the most vexing.
Secondly, the FBI recently published an annual compendium of hate crimes. This report categorizes all hate crimes into 6 neat sections. State and local governments voluntarily report data. Not all districts report and some track data differently so a degree of formatting must occur to fit into the pre-set buckets that are reported.
No hate crimes of persons forced to register exist in this data. No category exists to collect this data. If only these statistics were used to evaluate if hate crimes towards persons forced to register existed, it suggests none exist or happen.
Lastly, The Capitolist reported on the Florida Department of Child and Family Services’ October Monthly report which stated its hotline response times had grown to 58 minutes.
The Director was quoted as saying a new software and response system had been implemented. Staff training and familiarization had adapted slower than hoped, but that progress is now being seen. Verbal statements suggested holds were averaging only 34 minutes just two months later.
Deeper reviews of the charts in the October report suggests unstable response time to urgent calls have been the norm since 2021. Good performance has happened infrequently and trending has clearly been towards bad performance. The same bad trending exists for those so frustrated by wait times they hang up.
For every political grandstand that justifies new “tough on sex offender” laws, the antidote is being more responsive to calls alleging and preventing abuse. The “we are doing this for the kids” line only resonates true when given the chance to actually help kids, help actually exists.
Together these three reports make clear that persons forced to register aren’t having their restrictions measured and compared globally; that hate crimes against PFRs are not measured relative to other hate crimes; and that when given a chance to provide real help to those who need the effort is middling at best.
Confirmation bias is seeking data to prove a prior belief. It is hard not to be ensnared in this trap when the evidence seems abundant.
CATO Institute Human Freedom Index
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sex+offender+news&docid=13940891191947&mid=62C882E4A8B1CEBCE4C662C882E4A8B1CEBCE4C6&view=detail&FORM=VDRVSR&ajaxhist=0
Hopefully this qualifies as a hate crime. https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/anderson-arsonist-told-police-he-targeted-child-molesters-homes-court-docs-reveal/amp/
I wonder who provided the list.
The above qualifies as a crime, hence the arrest.
And it’s an example of how the registry can result in more crime rather than less and therefore must be fought.
The registry creates more targets for criminals. That’s message that we undermine by labeling this incident what it is not. It does not and will not meet the public’s generally-accepted definition of hate crime, nor does it need to.
You know many of us on the registry should be thankful that we all have a bit of help and support to fight this battle of the sex registry. Yes even some of the women that actually had some type of physical rape encounters are having second thoughts as to much of this. Are we on our own? In many ways we are if we don’t stand up to big brother to coin a phrase.
Much of this registry is a type of retributive justice with a type of lifelong hold and very evil in many respects in these Tier Classification. While the bible is the basic blueprint government doesn’t seem to recognize the Good book and abuse more. Was not the slave trade an abuse of one humanity and dignity.
Even these men that go to prison have a right to be free after their sentence and these teens & adults being set up via this internet are taken down the road. While the good news is Jesus never intended for one to be set up like this or who it being played out.
While its sad on governments part to play this game the good book never intended it that way and that is the corruption in government so we are not alone if one has an ounce of christian ethics. So wake up and stand up. (i, e, post this is need be)
I’ll say one more thing, and I hope that you can understand this (and, perhaps, read between the lines).
Every time I see the persecution from our own government of persons who have only acted human, I am reminded of that famous line from that 1968 epic movie called “Planet of the Apes”.
Charlton Heston finally turned to them, when he had had enough (!), and he growled, “Take your stinking paws off of me you damn dirty ape!”
From some of the comments are we actually on our own. Last night I was in a zoom group on “Women against registry” listening to a speaker from Restorative Justice https://ampersandsrj.org/ and its groups like them plus FAC and other groups even Safer Virginia in my area that want to erase much of this registry.
Many or American’s don’t care how all this sex registry is played out even those after prison that are on lifetime status for a “quote” sex offense. Where has human humanity shifted to today. Is putting a lifetime status on another coming out of prison or probation helping to solve this stigma?
While I plead guilty because are not we all guilty (ex: sin factor), and yes I was guilty for even being caught up in all this deceptive registry practice. So if its a matter of cleaning up one’s act or we feel that he or she is not ready to be free than who is being the slave in all this sex registry ordeal of the before and after the fact or are authorities hearts corrupted and have their own cross to bear.
What a governmental house divided. Does not true moral ethics and principals play a part in any of this registry.