ACLU Disappointed That Child Molester Can’t Prowl Park
A convicted child molester has no fundamental right to visit a public park, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The decision by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upholds a ruling by a federal judge in Hammond, who found a Michigan City ordinance banning Robert E. Brown from city parks did not violate his constitutional rights.
City officials adopted the ban in 2002 after they said Brown visited Washington Park almost daily, staring at children through binoculars and taking photographs from his van. Brown denied the allegations.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana represented Brown in the lawsuit, arguing that the law deprived him of his 14th Amendment due process rights. After the federal judge ruled against him, Brown appealed to the 7th Circuit.
I guess the ACLU feels that all of those people who felt threatened and freaked out by his behavior should just leave the park or deal with it? It always comes back to the same argument in these “child molester’s right to hang out in public parks all day” cases. Those in favor of allowing freak perverts to get their kicks by staring at children in public parks will argue that they have already paid their dues for their past crimes. Those that actually care about children and their safety think that once someone has done such a sickening crime that they should never have the public trust again. I think we could solve the whole problem by just locking the monsters away for good….and that is my merciful solution.
Fortunately the ACLU went up against some judges that actually had common sense and slapped the ACLU down.
But the three-judge panel found that it was reasonable of the city 30 miles west of South Bend to specifically ban Brown, though it acknowledged there was no evidence that he was looking for children.
“As a practical matter of ensuring public safety, Mr. Brown is not just another patron of the public parks,” Judge Kenneth Ripple wrote in the ruling. “He is a convicted child molester whose frequency of attendance and atypical behavior while in the park justified the concern of those public officials charged with ensuring the safety of members of the public who visit the recreational site.”
Of course this probably sounded like a foreign language of gooble de gook to the ACLU since they used such terms as “practical” and “public safety”. These words are not within the ACLU vocabulary or comprehension. Of course the ACLU were down and out that they couldn’t get binocular boy his “right” to innocently study the birds and the bees at the public park.
“We’re obviously disappointed,” Falk said of Tuesday’s decision.
And while most of us cheer the victory of common sense, I’m sure in the twisted mind of the ACLU this was somehow a devasting blow to civil liberties everywhere.
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Posted by Jay on September 7, 2006 3:32 pm
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Source of Information: IN StateSex Offender Registry – Robert E. Brown of 401 PEARL ST MICHIGAN CITY, IN 46360.
[35-42-4-3] Child Molesting – Cause: 46D01-9406 CF 000050 – Sentence: 4 YRS, 3 SUSP – Conviction County: LAPORTE – Conviction State: Indiana – Conviction Date: 05/15/1995
Please see picture of Bob the binocular boy who innocently studies the birds and the bees at the public park.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k108/info4beer/sorpbimages.jpg
Again, the ACLU picks another winner to represent. He would be a great spokesperson for the ACLU.
Excellent additional information das heize. Thank you.
Notice how the trolls flee when the ACLU’s defense of these cases is shown the light of day?
I have a little trouble understanding the ACLU’s defense since if the man is a convicted child predator then he has already had his due process and was found guilty.
According to the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution he could be enslaved if found guilty of a crime so being banned from a park is rather a light sentence.