Posted on 12/28/2007 6:50:23 PM PST by Roberts
It does not matter.
It is too expensive to defend. The police have the PR they want. This entrapped person is disposable. The police don’t have to care, they have badges.
Fine, write the guy a $50 ticket. The girl, too. Pervert? Hell, no. Classified as a “sex offender” for life along with rapists and child molesters? Hell, NO!
The firefighter deliberately exposed himself in a public place and not because he couldn’t find a restroom. That’s perverted to me; that doesn’t mean I agree with the “sex offender for life” status in a (hopefully) one-time situation like this. The punishment should fit the crime, so a fine to cover court costs and some sort of public disciplinary action works for me.
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