I really thought this year was going to be different. Last year the “big, bad sex offender at Halloween” hype started as early as August and was in full swing in September. This year, all was quiet on the scare tactics front through the end of September and was slow going into October. However, the past few days have picked up speed, and some of the articles are so self-righteously infuriating about how they are making
Halloween safer for children by–take your pick–visiting all registrants in their district on Halloween/not allowing registrants to decorate; hand out candy; wear costumes; leave their houses; have their lights on/requiring registrants to come to “informational” meetings or seminars/some other equally idiotic nonsense. Most places limit the restrictions to those on parole or probation, but some do not. Full Opinion Piece
Which brings us back to this..in case one missed it on the home page:
http://sajrt.blogspot.com/2014/10/halloween-sex-crime-myth-vs-reality.html
This is nuts . What if I lived with my parents/didn’t own the house and they decorated the house anyways? Or, what if I had a religious requirement to wear a robe and the police stated it was a costume? What if? This is nuts and if it occurred in my neighborhood , I would sue!
In Missouri, ALL registrants, even those off paper, must stay in their own houses for several hours on October 31. Last I heard, at least for those off paper, that is called “arrest and incarceration.”
Http , I wouldn’t have answered the door ! I no longer do !