Here's another recent case of the police busting someone who apparently didn't do anything other than act like someone who wanted someone to talk to. I dunno what actually happened, but a lot of people seem pretty upset about it. I don't like the trend in our government to create laws, often under the guise of "protecting us from ourselves", so that they can then write expensive tickets or fines for breaking the laws, mainly to generate income for the government. This includes seat belt laws, red light cameras, speed cameras, and the like. In IL these violations do not even count against your driving record as long as you pay the fines. That's convenient, it keeps you on the road to generate more income for them.
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"A maelstrom of outrage over Folsom man Victor Emmer’s arrest has swept through the Folsom and El Dorado County communities.
Even the American Civil Liberties Union has weighed in on the issue.
The 49-year-old Emmer was arrested at his house March 13 on suspicion of loitering where children gather after a woman’s citizen’s arrest warrant alleged Emmer had spoken to her two children at three different children’s-themed events.
Emmer has no prior offenses and is currently free on $100,000 bail.
Many community members see him being the true victim.
Emmer’s story was posted on the Telegraph’s website shortly after the arrest and has since received more than 22,000 visits from web users.
User comments, by and large, believe Emmer was wronged.
One comment reads, “The notion that you can jail people just for talking, even to children, seems very much in tension with the First Amendment.”
Another asks, “Since when is it a crime to speak to children?”"
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Full article:
http://www.edhtelegraph.com/detail/80584.html
