Polk County, Florida, continues to be one of the worst offenders for sham efforts to combat human trafficking.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) is publicizing “Operation Autumn Sweep” as a “human trafficking operation” that netted 157 arrests, including 25 arrests of illegal immigrants. But the vast majority of those arrested are accused not of anything the average American would view as trafficking. Instead, they were allegedly either soliciting prostitution or offering to commit prostitution.
After posing online as either (adult) sex workers or prospective customers, cops arrested 47 people for allegedly offering to commit prostitution and 96 people for allegedly soliciting sex.
Operation Autumn Sweep also yielded three arrests of men traveling to meet an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old, and 10 people arrested on suspicion of unspecified other crimes.
Only one person was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking.
What a surprise. At the head of these sham stings is Sheriff Grady Judd with an ambition of a corrupt politician glorifying himself with all these arrests of suspects not even proven guilty yet. His smug media presence really makes me sick. Personally, I wouldn’t be surprise a bit if he gets hit with corruption charges or worse in the future because a guy like him drunk with power would feel entitled to whatever he wants – until he gets caught.
Just once during one of these conferences, I’d like a reporter to ask him about murders, robberies, and drug traffic and his department’s handling of those pesky things.
Ok so Prostitution is considered a form of human Trafficking in which said phrase makes bigger headlines, Now let’s take the state of Nevada allows 6 counties in there state to engaged in Prostitution so how can the State Government be involved in sex trafficking and collect Tax money from these sex workers and not call themselves the Pimp they make money they set the rules and if the workers don’t answer to the state approved pimp they are punished, one of the the oldest profession in the world, not saying it should be legal or illegal just saying tired of news of sex trafficking makes headlines putting a spotlight on some politician and reinforcing scare tactics used to keep SORNA numbers on the rise with these people who had they been in a place where the government got a cut of those fees would not of even been looked at… frustrating!
hmmm florida, i remember when the NE patriots won the super bowl, a reporter ask MR Kraft. what next for you mr kraft? you just won the super bowl, he responded!! im going to disney land to get my happy ending…..he did and was filmed. yet he escape the laws of florida, only the rich