Posted on 11/12/2007 4:26:21 PM PST by Graybeard58
Sitting at a computer keyboard, posing as 14-year-old girls, law officers have been going after child predators for several years.
Now they’re using their high-tech methods with a new target in sight: child pornographers.
Authorities say a growing number of people are creating, distributing and possessing pornographic photos of children. Child pornography has become easy to get on the Internet, with children as young as 3 and 4 years old being photographed.
“Way back when, you had to know someone who knew someone” to obtain child pornography, said Sgt. Mike Pfannenstiel of the Johnson County sheriff’s office. “And now it’s just out there for the taking. … There’s just so much of it.”
That’s why Johnson County, Platte County, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies across the nation have started concentrating on pornography investigations. Cyber crime units still search for Internet predators who lure children for sex and then travel to meet them. But they’re not racking up those arrests like they were a year or two ago.
“Travelers have become more leery, but they are finding other ways to gain their satisfaction,” said Capt. Frank Hunter of the Platte County Sheriff’s Department.
So while detectives wait for arrests in those cases, they have more time to work child pornography investigations.
As a result, courts across the region have seen an increase in child pornography cases in recent weeks. The defendants include a former school librarian from Leavenworth, a mayor of a St. Louis suburb and a retired worker from the Missouri Division of Family Services. If convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, they each could face several years in prison.
Detectives have seized computers from “ratty homes and very nice homes,” Pfannenstiel said.
Some swap the child porn over the Internet. Others sell it
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Chris Hanson of Dateline NBC must be loving this!!! I hope the cameras at NBC are on this one!!!
mysterio....good one...remember they walked into it! I loved those shows! The sponsors of the show is why it will not be on. I hate that! It is the men’s own fault, they make a$$es of themselves and America loves every moment of it!!!
When was the last time you had somebody ask you for child porn, Sarge? It just seems so outlandish that the subject could ever be broached, but I guess birds of a feather flock together. If anybody asked me for something like that, I don't know if I could muster the strength to refrain from violence long enough to call the police.
Let’s make sure the blame falls where it’s deserved. With Algore! He “created” the Internet, did he not? *SMIRK*
I just installed a wireless network and the Motorola Surfboard is hooked up to my Airplus Xtreme Wireless D-Link router. I've got 5 computers throughout the house that hook up to it and was wondering what type of protection I need. I've got a MacBook Pro and 4 HP desktops running Windows XP
thanks for your help.
My police department just worked a case involving a dirtbag who was into child porn. I’m here to tell you that people simply can’t imagine how horrible this crime is. Any sick $%&@ who is involved in child porn in any way needs to be locked up for life.
“Child porn” is relative. People think of small children, but far more often it is 16 and 17 year old girls like Tracy Lords, who look adult, but are just as illegal. Also, the age in which they were photographed is legally frozen. Paul Reubens, “Pee Wee Herman” had his hundred thousand dollar legal erotica collection seized because he had some images taken in the late 19th Century that depicted what were believed to be underage models, nude on a beach.
This creates a lot of problems, because legal age varies between States and countries, but the Internet is international. Surfing a European news site, a person might unintentionally download what is called child porn in the US, while looking at an unrelated news article, but which will remain on their computer as a buffer file that may be found later.
The matter is further complicated because sexual acts and nudity are not required. A fully clothed child exhibiting what are called “sexually provocative poses” are illegal. But just about any image of a child can stimulate a pedophile.
There are prosecutorial exemptions given to the commercial depiction of children wearing clothing inappropriate for any private photograph. As are child beauty contests, where bathing suits and other scant clothing are worn. Children’s clothing manufacturers can also make overtly sexual clothing for very young children without fear of prosecution, such as printed t-shirts and underwear with rude slogans.
Advertisements bombard children, telling them to be more sexual in their behavior and appearance, and at a very young age. And there is a strong effort in the entertainment industry to depict children as sexually attractive to adults. It is no wonder that their propaganda works, with its hideous result.
Thank God! I can't Say what I'd Like to have Happen to Anyone who Exploits Children, but you can Probably Guess; it would Render them Unable to "Function" Physically.
I'm all for going after these dirt bags as well, but you make some good points. For instance, could nude baby pictures of your own children land you in jail and pegged for life as a sex offender. How many parents out there have such pictures on their computers along with the rest of their family photos?
Yesterday, I took the family to the Houston Renaissance Festival along with my twelve year old daughter's girlfriend. They are currently on a modeling kick and both are mature looking for their age. They had a blast posing in from of some of the many great displays and wanted me to take their picture at just about every one. At the time, my wife and I got a kick at how mature they were trying to act. Could I now be charged with child pronography?
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Bubba and Tyrone will break these sick bastards off something proper when they arrive in the joint.
What amazes me is that this stuff is legal and tolerated. Teaching a kid to be a child star and prance around in those costumes is abusive. Isn't it like Marajuana.....a gateway drug/activity?
YEs, there are numerous cases of people getting arrested for getting naked baby pictures developed.
Cigarettes are the gateway.
I have a picture of one of my grand daughters nude sitting on the potty. I'm not sure of her age but she was being potty trained and it's a really cute picture. She's 13 now and wouldn't want anyone to see it. I also have a picture of a grand son when he was about 3 years old wearing a dress that his older sister put on him. I showed it to him recently (he's 9 now) He denies that it is him but doesn't want anyone else to see it. I told him the whole purpose of taking the picture was so grampa could embarrass him with it when he was older. It's what grampa's do.
Well, either you’re closing your eyes
To a situation you do now wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of a pool table in your community.
Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in River City.
Why sure I’m a billiard player,
Certainly mighty proud I say
I’m always mighty proud to say it.
I consider that the hours I spend
With a cue in my hand are golden.
Help you cultivate horse sense
And a cool head and a keen eye.
Never take and try to give
An iron-clad leave to yourself
From a three-reail billiard shot?
But just as I say,
It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to score
In a balkline game,
I say that any boob kin take
And shove a ball in a pocket.
And they call that sloth.
The first big step on the road
To the depths of deg-ra-Day—
I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon,
Then beer from a bottle.
An’ the next thing ya know,
Your son is playin’ for money
In a pinch-back suit.
And list’nin to some big out-a-town Jasper
Hearin’ him tell about horse-race gamblin’.
Not a wholesome trottin’ race, no!
But a race where they set down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey’boy
Sittin’ on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil?
Well, I should say.
Friends, lemme tell you what I mean.
Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table.
Pockets that mark the diff’rence
Between a gentlemen and a bum,
With a capital “B,”
And that rhymes with “P” and that stands for pool!
And all week long your River City
Youth’ll be frittern away,
I say your young men’ll be frittern!
Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too!
Get the ball in the pocket,
Never mind gittin’ Dandelions pulled
Or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded.
Never mind pumpin’ any water
‘Til your parents are caught with the Cistern empty
On a Saturday night and that’s trouble,
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a’ trouble.
I’m thinkin’ of the kids in the knickerbockers,
Shirt-tail young ones, peekin’ in the pool
Hall window after school, look, folks!
Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital “T”
And that rhymes with “P” and that stands for pool!
Now, I know all you folks are the right kinda parents.
I’m gonna be perfectly frank.
Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes
On while they’re loafin’ around that Hall?
They’re tryin’ out Bevo, tryin’ out cubebs,
Tryin’ out Tailor Mades like Cigarette Feends!
And braggin’ all about
How they’re gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen.
One fine night, they leave the pool hall,
Headin’ for the dance at the Arm’ry!
Libertine men and Scarlet women!
And Rag-time, shameless music
That’ll grab your son and your daughter
With the arms of a jungle animal instink!
Mass-staria!
Friends, the idle brain is the devil’s playground!
People:
Trouble, oh we got trouble,
Right here in River City!
With a capital “T”
That rhymes with “P”
And that stands for Pool,
That stands for pool.
We’ve surely got trouble!
Right here in River City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep the young ones moral after school!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...
Harold:
Mothers of River City!
Heed the warning before it’s too late!
Watch for the tell-tale sign of corruption!
The moment your son leaves the house,
Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee?
Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?
A dime novel hidden in the corn crib?
Is he starting to memorize jokes from Capt.
Billy’s Whiz Bang?
Are certain words creeping into his conversation?
Words like ‘swell?”
And ‘so’s your old man?”
Well, if so my friends,
Ya got trouble,
Right here in River city!
With a capital “T”
And that rhymes with “P”
And that stands for Pool.
We’ve surely got trouble!
Right here in River City!
Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule!
Oh, we’ve got trouble.
We’re in terrible, terrible trouble.
That game with the fifteen numbered balls is a devil’s tool!
Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble!
With a “T”! Gotta rhyme it with “P”!
And that stands for Pool!!!
Damn straight! One dose of Children's Tylenol and its all over. Instant drug dealing, crack smoking, pimp! ;-)
I don't necessarily have a problem with child pageants in general, but your right, all sanity seems to have left the field when it comes to these things. Dressing prepubescent girls in suggestive costumes should get the whole thing shut down immediately. Any decent parent would never allow their child to be part of this sort of thing. I know I wouldn't.
There are those who see any pictures of children as being of a possibly illegal nature. Often they rely on context alone, based on their own prejudices. A child holding an indeterminate object may be imagined to be a sexual object, for example. It is very dangerous to have all the pictures on a camera being of children, even if they are your own, so it is wise to also take pictures of adults and things.
It might be good to review your pictures with a friend who has legal or law enforcement knowledge, if you are at all concerned.
If you are concerned about the interest in modeling, as possibly leading to egotistical exhibitionism, a good cure might be to hire the services of a professional photographer, to take black and white fashion-type photos. There is a reason.
Black and white photography can require elaborate and uncomfortable amounts of makeup. First there is a green colored base, which is overlayed by thick layers of crusty white makeup. It has been described as like wearing a thick layer of dried corn starch, that flakes off in chunks.
Most models hate it, and many refuse to do black and white modeling because of it. This may serve to convince your daughter that modeling isn’t all glamor.
That will be Good, because those Sickos Deserve Everything they will Get.
I hear you.Its the Law of Karma that the dirt and evil you do will come back to haunt you big time!
"There are those who see any pictures of children as being of a possibly illegal nature. Often they rely on context alone, based on their own prejudices. A child holding an indeterminate object may be imagined to be a sexual object, for example.
During our stay at the festival, I procured a single rose for all of the ladies present. My daughter and her friend immediately started uning them in their photos. Like most girls their age, they are major drama queens.
"It might be good to review your pictures with a friend who has legal or law enforcement knowledge, if you are at all concerned."
Until I read this article and comments, I hadn't even given it a thought. Now I have to wonder. It just creeps me out that I would actually have to think about legal advice before photographing my family and friends.
Both my daughter and her friend are quite lovely young ladies and they chose a kind of goth look for the festival. While I would not particularly care for my daughter getting into a modeling career, I have to say that both her and her friend could possibly have a future in it if they applied themselves. Of course, I have told neither of them this. Their pictures were really surprisingly good. Even for such a hack photographer as myself.
"Black and white photography can require elaborate and uncomfortable amounts of makeup. First there is a green colored base, which is overlayed by thick layers of crusty white makeup. It has been described as like wearing a thick layer of dried corn starch, that flakes off in chunks."
Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely point this out to them. :-)
The short answer is yes, it is pretty easy if the homeowner doesn't have adequate security, and most don't. Adequate security for the wireless network includes having 802.1x authentication with at least a 128-bit key, firewalls on each workstation (not just the Windows firewalls) and on the gateway, and having the firewalls properly configured. Having up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spyware software is also critical. All workstations should require passwords, and all passwords should be at least 8 characters long, and be a combination of uppercase and lower case letters, numbers and special characters. The wireless router should be turned off when not in use, as should any workstation connected to the network.
Even all of that is not 100%, but most people that would use a network to transport illicit material are looking for a quick and easy connection - the harder you make it for them, the more likely they are to pick the guy down the street instead...
Also if your router allows it, allow only access to your router from the MAC addresses of the computers connecting to it. This will keep most people out. A dedicated person can intercept your traffic and crack your password ( though with 128 bit encryption it is difficult - 64 bit is a piece of cake ).Therefore, you should change the encryption key at least once a month There is software that allows them to “clone” your MAC address and pose as one of your computers to gain access. The first thing you should do is change your SSID name on your router so that it is not a standard one, then turn off the SSID broadcast so that it is not announcing itself to your neighborhood
How or what program can do that?
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