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With Halloween fast approaching, police and other government agencies are distributing safety tips. Convicted sex offenders have to post signs on their doors with pumpkins on them and warning that there is no candy at their house.
Here are some more tips for trick-or-treaters:
Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.
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Comments
Your article is echoing the same incorrect information that everyone seems to actually believe. Only Registered Sex Offenders that are still on Parole or Probation are being forced to abide by these rules. Registered Sex Offenders that have COMPLETED their sentence are not chained by these rules and thus can trash any such 'pumpkin'. All the harassment, and terrorist methods employed by the police departments does not change that fact.
Trying to do so would be like forcing a Prior DUI install that breath-O-Lie--zer on his car to drive it, or telling an ex-drug user they cannot go into a pharmacy. It is against the Civil Rights of All Citizens of the United States, as written by the founders of the Country and writers of the Constitution. You folks remember the Constitution, that little scrap of paper that gives you the 'right' to print all of your vile "sex offenders must die" crap? yeah that is the one.
Posted by: S.O. | October 29, 2008 1:57 PM