Acadia Parish Sheriff’s deputies have identified seven sex offenders who have been in violation of sex offender social media laws, Sheriff KP Gibson says.
Between March of 2020 and July of 2020, the sheriff’s sex offender registry unit conducted an investigation of all registered sex offenders in the parish, to ensure they were following the law regarding use of social media.
They found seven registered sex offenders were using social media illegally, but not posting on their profile that they were convicted sex offenders, conviction information, address, and other information required by the Louisiana sex offender registry laws concerning social media use.
Strictly regulatory, of course. Absolutely nothing punitive about it.
Wow the chains and shackles might be long gone; yet the slavery of citizens is alive and well in corrupt Louisiana. Every non registrant needs to put on their social media that they are hateful people. Thank God I don’t live there that’s part of the Bible Belt; which obviously doesn’t believe in forgiveness nor redemption.
Two words, compelled speech.
How is this not compelled speech?
Talk about ostracizing yourself from society. So LA forces you to reveal you are a past SO before someone even has a chance to meet you. That was the same when I was on supervised release fresh out of being incarcerated. I was required to get a job, but I was also required at each interview to reveal that I was an SO even if I wasn’t asked about any past criminal history. Needless to say I didn’t have a lot of calls to come back for a second interview. It is well known that one of the biggest preventative measures for re-offense is to have healthy social life, but the injustice system sets it up so you can’t have the very thing you need.
A Felony? Seriously? Were they targeting kids or posting a photo of their meal at a restaurant?
“We take the safety of our community and our families seriously”
No mention that they did anything that threatened anyone’s safety, yet they could spend years in prison.
“So Mac, what are you in for?”
“I posted a photo of my garden on Facebook…”
Compelled speech?
I can’t imagine being in a southern state with being an RSO these days. Trump has given L.E. So much backing to basically be the Gestapo. Not that they needed any new reasons. Ironic how the south, the area most responsible for evangelism and promoting christian values, can treat others like crap.
If this isn’t compelled speech, then what the actual f–k is?
Aside from that, I personally wouldn’t even bother having a fb account if doing so required outing myself (which I’d expect would result in account deletion anyway, per Facebook’s TOS).
I dunno how my fellow RCs in those southern states deal with living there. I’d rather eat glass.
Wow one of the guys arrested was 60 years old I’m pretty sure the only person this guy was hurting online was himself.
Can you imagine your at home geting ready to cook for you family so you Google one of Gorden Ramsay chicken recipes 40 minutes later there’s a bang on your door and you hear “SEXOFENDER COMPLIANCE CHECK “!! deputies bust in and confiscate your phone and arrest you on the spot for watching YouTube.
I can’t believe this old ass man is going back to prison for at lese 3-5 years just for having a smart phone .
The declaration of independence clearly states or unalienable rights of life liberty ave the pursuit of happiness.no state can take those away.so since the state wants to put sanctions on people by requiring them to register and live where the state wants you to live that hinders your liberty.which in turn affects your life and will ultimately deny you your opportunity to pursue happiness.once you’ve paid your debt to society you no longer owe the state anymore time from your life.think about this every year you have to enter into a contract with the state.why?your term has been served ave you registered once which what your sentence was.you weren’t sentenced to life in prison.so if the state put these sanctions on you they have to provide for you.the state can’t tell you where you can live once your number is discharged you no longer owe the state anything.so they have to make sure you’re getting what you need simply because they’re holding you hostage through registration..