ACLU Upset Over Background Checks Of Hurricane Evacuees
Posted on September 13, 2005
After watching the victims and of Katrina including the law enforcement loot and pillage there own state, stealing flat screen televisions, and shooting at rescue helicopters some people are a little fearful of who they are allowing to become their new neighbors. I don’t blame them, after hearing reports of rampant rape, murder, and mayhem in the aftermath of the storm, I would be too. Many convicted felons, and lost nutcases roam free.
But this is not a concern for the ACLU. They are actually upset about it.
A spokesperson for the ACLU says that the move is unconstitutional and unjust. The spokesperson added that it is the equivalent to state border guards and that Pennsylvania state officials are preying on people who are already down and out on their luck.
No lawsuit filed yet, that I’m aware of, and it seems the officials are paying no mind to the ACLU at this time.
A spokesperson for the governor said, “checks are done to ensure that no one with a warrant for their arrest for a serious crime is able to go free because of the circumstances.”
Officials are taking extra precautions to protect evacuee communities from sexual predators, who were also left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
At a military base on Cape Cod, seven convicted sex offenders arrived with more than 200 other evacuees.
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. Well, if a lawsuit occurs, they can always just blame Bush. He’s accepted the blame. What ought to be unconsitutional is the ACLU’s stupidity.
Linked at Muddville Gazette., Bright and Early and Outside The Beltway.
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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.
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.
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.
Great find Jay. I linked to this, but Halsocan is not pinging.
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
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.