Page A5: “Homeless sex offenders in Ga. Sent to live in woods; Laws keep many out of shelters”, “Video shows teens beating student to death”, “Abuse led British woman to kill disabled daughter, self”.
WATCHDOG: The stories make us sick, so a wag of the tail to the Intell for publishing them.
Ostracism of so-called “sex offenders” lumps the many who committed youthful indiscretions or crimes in with the few hardened adult predators. (Those prosecuted youngsters were usually only a small percentage of those violating what, in some cases, are questionable laws.) Gang violence is due in large part to inadequate poverty and social safety net programs. The tragic suicide resulted from on-going harassment by neighbors and police inaction.
These cruelties don’t just happen elsewhere. Only the utmost vigilance and outspokeness can contain them here.
