At a Walmart store a convicted sex offender who had in the past not complied with the sex offender registry in his state, recently posed as a police officer and told a little girl that he had to check her pockets. While checking her "pockets" he molested the child right in the crowded Walmart store.
When this story broke it just sickened me....now children are not even safe at Walmarts? In public? We have been hearing about the sex predators video taping young children at parks and then posting them on websites for other sexual predators to take pleasure in.
I know, I am supposed to feel sorry for these people who have committed the unthinkable crime of harming a child....I am supposed to feel sorry for the fact that they - the predator has now instilled a hideous memory into this innocent child?
Give me a break. I think that what needs to happen is that we need to step up the preventive measures in excess. I publish a magazine that prints pictures, names, addresses, crimes committed against children under the age of 18, and offer it for free in the Siouxland area. It is very well received - however the cost of this needs to be picked up by the County. I believe that each county in the United States needs to jump on board with this and FIND the money to get this preventive tool out to parents, schools, stores, etc.
Law Enforcement finds this extremely useful. There are articles in their that teach parents how to talk to their children, who to turn to for help....hotline numbers if you have been abused.
All of you who are reading this - let me know what you think so that we can push this forward to our County governments.
And for those of you who think that it does not happen very often - think again....what if it was your child? What would you do then.
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