Posted on 09/19/2023 7:50:10 AM PDT by lowbridge
Columbus police say they are investigating a report that a father was told by officers that his 11-year-old daughter could face charges after he called to report that she had been the victim of an “online predator.”
A video posted on social media shows the unidentified man talking to officers who came to his door in answer to his complaint of a man having manipulated his daughter into sending images. The man says he wanted someone to talk to her to get her “to realize what this was” and then suggests “reality is” there isn’t much he can do.
One officer is heard in the video saying his daughter “could probably get charged with child porn” if she produced the images. Told the girl is only 11, the officer replies “Doesn’t matter. She’s still making porn.” After the man says she is being manipulated by an adult on the internet, the same officer asks whether the girl is taking pictures, and the man then breaks off the conversation and the officers depart, according to the video.
It’s unclear when the interaction took place, but the social media poster said the police response occurred six hours after the man’s call to police.
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jeez people... why is there so much stupid out there?
Why people don’t respect cops anymore. This cop is a real piece of work.
I’ve run into many stupid cops.
i’m guessing the girl cop is barron...
Who took the video?
In a textbook about being a paralegal, I found this statement: "Giving legal advice is practicing law without a license, where you make a statement that causes a person to change their legal position." I've seen any number of YouTube videos showing cops doing exactly that thing being done regularly. "The law says you have to show me ID when I demand it." Sorry, officer, it's not that cut and dried, but you said it and caused someone to change their legal position.
I’ve heard of cases where a teenage girl was charged after sending images of herself, but not an 11 year old.
So, you would say a police officer is practicing law illegally, when they give a Miranda Warning?
The dad called the cops to let the daughter know how dangerous this was and back him up.
Do they sit down and tell her of the girls that sent them to a rapist murderer? Do they tell her about getting snatched and sex trafficked? Do they go arrest the guy who got her to sent the raunchy photos? Do they begin a criminal case against whatever social media company allowed her to send child porn?
Noooooo... our heroes tell this 11 year old girl they might arrest HER (a child) for creating child porn.
Never call the cops on family. Never... no matter what.
The Miranda Warning is a scripted response that has been vetted by competent and licensed legal advisors (Bar certified judges and layers)
No that is not the same thing, and yes it is not practicing law without a license.
The down side is the Biden Family Syndicate initiation shower with Ol' Rumpleforeskin in Delaware...
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust the cops.... They are all trained to lie.
No, ignorant means you simply are unaware of some fact.
Stupid means you are incapable of understanding that fact.
And no, a cop mentioning or explaining the law he is trained and charged to enforce is not practicing law without a license. They often get it wrong, and they lose the case, and sometime lose a lawsuit over the matter. If their error is serious enough they get fired.
But they are never, ever, anywhere charged with practicing law without a license.
The dad calls police so they will talk to his 11 year old because he “can’t do anything about it”.
He didn’t call to report the predator. He called because he can’t control his 11 year old.
To me, it sounds like the officer makes a suggestion in a “scared straight” kind of way.
Exactly.
In my profession, we handle legal documents all the time.
We have to know enough to read and understand them, as well as the applicable statutes; however, we are NOT attorneys. We cannot dispense legal advice.
I can cite the relevant sections of their documents and property code, as well as experience handling similar situations. I always follow it with, “Let’s confirm with the attorney.”
"A minor who is caught creating, possessing, or sending videos or pictures that involve one or more minors who are nude or engaging in sexual activity may be guilty of a child pornography crime. Ohio’s child pornography law, §2907.321 (pandering obscenity involving a minor), states you are prohibited from creating, reproducing, or publishing any obscene materials that has one or more minors portrayed as participants or observers. You cannot promote, sell, deliver, disseminate, or display obscene materials that include minors. You also cannot buy, obtain, possess, or control any child pornography. This is a felony conviction that can require sex offender registration.
It does not matter if the minor who made the photo or video, possessed it, or sent it is the one depicted. It does not matter if the photo was created, received, or sent with consent. It also does not matter if the creator and recipient were both minors. Unfortunately, this means consensual sexual activity between teenagers can lead to felony child pornography charges.
If you or your adolescent are facing serious child pornography charges because of sexting, call our sex crime attorneys right away. Teenagers who are exploring their sexuality will make mistakes. You or your child do not deserve a felony conviction and sex offender registration for a nude photo."
Declining societies have the same percentage of stupid people as successful ones. But they also have high percentages of helpless people and, Cipolla writes, “an alarming proliferation of the bandits with overtones of stupidity.”
“Such change in the composition of the non-stupid population inevitably strengthens the destructive power of the [stupid] fraction and makes decline a certainty,” Cipolla concludes. “And the country goes to Hell.”
^^ WE are here. ^^
>> “Giving legal advice is practicing law without a license, where you make a statement that causes a person to change their legal position.”
Oh, bugger off, shyster.
And shysters wonder why normal people despise them.
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