BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – La. Attorney General Liz Murrill announced that 60 registered sex offenders were arrested as part of a major internet sex crimes operation in the greater Baton Rouge area.
Details about “Operation Restricted Domain” were released during a news conference on Monday morning, May 18.
According to Murrill’s office, “Operation Restricted Domain” is a two-month, multi-agency operation led by her Louisiana Bureau of Investigation targeting offenders who violated Louisiana sex offender registration laws and engaged in unlawful online activity.
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Read Florida Action Committee’s evaluation of this operation
Did any of these registrants engage in misconduct with minors or for simply having social media in order to function in 2026? Gee are lawmakers stuck in the 1800s with 8 by 8s stuck up their butts. Another operation that didn’t prevent or solve a crime, but another example of the registry being a failure, waste of resources, and a crap tool for society. How many of these registrants will actually be sent to prison just for having a social media account and what is the logic in throwing them in prison for 5 plus years or whatever the statue is in the Pelican State?
Looking at the accompanying document, the vast majority of charges are simply, “Unlawful use of a social networking website,” meaning the police had NOT observed them using social media to communicate with a minor or share illegal material. Apparently in Louisiana it’s illegal for PFRs to have social media accounts–which is an unconstitutional violation of the first amendment. Furthermore, they are being labelled by the Attorney General as actively committing crimes: “Operation Restricted Domain was a major success and sends a clear message: there are no safe havens in Louisiana for those who prey on children. We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will bring you to justice,” said Murrill.” There is NO evidence the vast majority of these men were using social media to commit a crime, they were likely using it for the same reasons all Americans do (keeping in contact with family, getting information about local events and elections, buying or selling things). This Attorney General is a criminal.
California got bigger fish to fry BUT down south they got time. Can you imagine visiting out there and get stop your done for and by the time the DA and the public defenders hash it out you’ll probably be incarcerated for over 2 years.
You sure can tell the midterms are coming up.
I’m confused
I thought SCOTUS struck down the ban on social media in the 2017 Packingham case. And from what I read about the Louisiana law, the ban also applies to people no longer on supervision. Due to the big shift on the court over the last 10 years, maybe the state of Louisiana believe they can prevail if plaintiffs decide to put up a challenge
From what I can tell, Packingham didn’t invalidate Lousiana’s law, nor has it been directly challenged post Packingham. Seems to me like there are 60 potential defendants currently in place to challenge it if they are bold enough, and there’s an attorney with a winning strategy on stand-by.
A ” Major internet sex crime operation,” because people had social media accounts like everyone else on the planet. This would be hilarious satire if it wasn’t so tragic.
How insane. A person cannot be succesful or employable if they don’t have minor use of social media.