WHY THE U.S. MARSHALS SPEND MILLIONS ON SEX-OFFENSE REGISTRANT SWEEPS
The real aim of these operations might be to boost support for cops.
Gary, a 62-year-old on Texas’s sex-offender registry, dates the problems with his neighbors to a visit by police in 2018. After a successful real estate career he lives in a relatively safe neighborhood outside Dallas, identifies as a conservative, and has friends on the police force. He’s donated to police charities, once giving $10,000 to the family of an officer killed on duty, he tells The Appeal.
He was convicted of child pornography possession in 2007, spent five years in prison and 10 years on probation, and hasn’t reoffended since, state records show. “It’s very serious,” he said of his offense. “It’s wrong. I take responsibility.” (Gary isn’t his real name, which he asked to have withheld to protect his company and family.)
That day four years ago, a team of local officers and U.S. Marshals showed up at his home in full tactical gear and a tactical vehicle with the Marshals’ logo, he says. They were checking the addresses of those on the registry. Gary showed them his license and they left—the whole thing took perhaps five minutes.
Since 2006, the federal government has funneled millions into sometimes-massive operations to verify the addresses of those on sex-offender registries. It’s hard to tell how often these happen–the Marshals Service didn’t respond to multiple requests from The Appeal about how many operations they ran in the latest fiscal year. But a look at how authorities talk about the operations–and the flattering press coverage they generate–indicates their importance in selling the public on more police. Worse, studies show they likely do nothing to improve public safety or make incidents of sexual violence less likely.
Meanwhile programs with proven track records in preventing sexual violence or successfully reintegrating people previously punished for a sexual crime get little federal help.
In This Report…look at the Over-time Monies Spent and all the Bill Backs From Agency to Agency to another and Another….
It would take MANY competent accountants to figure the money trails….
…..of where the monies actually end up and how they are accounted for!
The fundings exist by federal law!
This Report along with the Brennan Center for Justice Report Highlights the various money trails
thank you FAC and all those that under covered this information!
It is not MIGHT but DEFINITELY.
I’ll take it a step further and say this is partly why many modern police are turning into cowards as seen at the Parkland and Uvalde shootings.
“Sex offender” sweeps are low hanging fruit. Very few registered persons are violent, and fewer have guns. Many who are arrested are done so over some minor gaffe like not registering a new vehicle or email account. Out of a thousand checks they may also pick some guy up on drugs or guns. Then the police can go on the TV and talk about taking “dangerous MEN off the streets” and display the drugs/guns they got off the one guy. This implies ALL arrests look like this one. That’s why these compliance sweeps are often done in conjunction with other busts. It also gives them the opportunity to dress up in full goon squad attire and play with their surplus military hardware like armored personnel carriers.
But going after gangbangers and actual violent criminals is far more dangerous so the police are often afraid to take them on. If they do, it is usually some small-time gang, a corner lot group with like 5 members, then they can claim they took down a “gang” much in the way they consider arresting one foreign national in a CP sting an “international ring.”
This is EXACTLY why the police need to be defunded. They have too much money to burn.
And the Media, at large is just as guilty of making incorrect statements….
“Sweep by Marshals NABS 3 Sex Offenders”. for example….that is incorrect
those 3 people previously were convicted of a sex offense……they are not sex offenders….unless they were sex offending!
And during any of these illicit compliance checks,…how many ex-offenders were in the act or commission of committing a sex offense?
does any one have that information?
thanks
Derek
I would make a comment but you just said everything I wanted to say. The cops don’t have to worry about getting shot at and still get big public advertisement . Like why the cops didn’t go after the thug in Uvalde Texas for 77 minutes. They would have gotten shot at. Why go after someone with a gun when you can go after someone unarmed and not a threat to anyone, and still get a hero praise for it.
It would be interesting if the cops were stuck in with the gangbangers for six months in county jail or state prison as a test to see if they have what it takes. That would toughen them up perhaps and help them remember why the public needs a legitimate police force. Then they might actually be of some use out there on the streets.
These marshals have to do something to justify their existence. Just think of how much money has been spent on equipment that is totally unnecessary.
IOW, the sweeps, the registry itself, and the untold millions $$$ spent are a scam.
Wake up America!
Fear and intimidation. The Marshals just performed one in Iowa. No new sex crimes, I think three new crimes, weapons and drugs. Made CNNs news feed. Makes me sad for the world.
BWJ
Read the newsfeed…..
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/09/us/us-marshals-sex-offender-iowa/index.html
It is published by CNN and it is worded like their Previous Actor John Walsh because this one is called “operation most wanted” and the publisher is using the wrong terminologies-their wording is incorrect! Skewing all the wording and creating ill-intent! GEEZE!
and creating hysteria and fear!
BTW, it is very difficult to email CNN to correct them!
I read the newsreel, and sent a notice to FAC about it, and then this headline appeared. It’s extremely frustrating to not be able to respond to the misinformation that gets spread. I was pretty upset about the Dad’s Against Predators post the other day. Reading through Facebook’s policies, it seemed pretty obvious that the DAPS site was violating them. Wanted to contact Meta/Facebook to complain, but apparently if you’re not on Facebook, you can’t complain.
There are days I feel like Yossarian in Catch 22.
It’s ALWAYS about money. ALWAYS. The money in this case is budgets. Budgets MUST be spent, or they’re lost. Over budget means more budget for the next year. This is a product of capitalism: 3%-5% growth per annum, no matter what. Bust the money, bust the programs.