Comments on: ACLU Upset Over Background Checks Of Hurricane Evacuees

By: Katrina Coverage ACLU opposed background checks on evacuees

Katrina Coverage ACLU opposed background checks on evacuees — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:25:05 +0000

[...] The ACLU also opposed this in Pennsylvania. [...]

By: A Decker

A Decker — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:30:36 +0000

Background searches are junk services. I have done checks on people and have also tried to find people to collect debts from them. None of these Public Datatbase Searches are good. They all get people in trouble and are totally unreliable.

Stop whining about the ACLU. They are only looking after your best interests too. Remember Choice Point selling information to criminals to misuse? Congress found that 70%of their provided info was completely worthless and only served to damage peoples image.

By: MorningSun

MorningSun — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:21:47 +0000

Glenn E. Holloway, 28, an evacuee from New Orleans, was in the Mansfield Jail on Tuesday night on suspicion of unlawful restraint of a person younger than 17. Bail was set at $2,500

Not Registered, not watched, paroled , and was on the hunt . Caught this girl , but she got away.
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Using fingerprints, police found six possible sex offenders among those evacuees. Further detective work cut that tally in half.

That’s 3 people who would have been watched based on name alone.. due to investigation now not under suspicion.
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Keep in mind in a Fed/State run facility..if one of these offenders was found to harm someone in the shelter due to lack of dilligence of the Fed/State..they would be immidiately sued for not protecting the residents

By: NYgirl

NYgirl — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:13:12 +0000

Great find Jay. I linked to this, but Halsocan is not pinging.

By: Andy Driggers

Andy Driggers — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:15:47 +0000

What we need to do is get the ACLU out of America. They are an organization backed by foreign interests and should be brought up of RICCO changes and bring them down the same way we went after the Mobs.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:45:24 +0000

First where I disagree, then where I agree. From your post: Now before I get attacked on this one just let me say…no, I wouldn’t mind being searched if I were in the shoes of these evacuees. I would only mind if I were guilty of a crime. Again, as in this comment, I disagree with the premise that only law breakers need concern themselves with the law. But beyond that, I do agree with you. As the article states on the KDKA website, the State of Pennsylvania has an obligation to ensure those who receive public assistance are not sex offenders or wanted for crimes. The ACLU's position that such searches are unfair because these people are already down on their luck is an emotional appeal that lacks substance. Yes, these people are hurt but the State is not subjecting them to any treatment that residents of that State wouldn't also have to endure if they wanted public assistance.

By: NIF

NIF — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:42:59 +0000

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By: Bill Rayburn

Bill Rayburn — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:31:28 +0000

The idea of 4500 sex offenders mixed in with the other evacuee’s makes my blood run cold. All efforts to rediscover these people is well worth the effort.