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Long article about the increase in various amateur investigative and quasi-vigilante organizations and their rising popularity on social media.
1 posted on 01/04/2019 2:57:05 PM PST by Drew68
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Isn’t this interesting that Nothing But Crap is blasting away at this group when they in fact ran a very successful TV show on the same principle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Catch_a_Predator


62 posted on 01/04/2019 3:42:40 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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These online hunters are tapping into a hunger for vengeance, said Steven Kohm, a cultural criminologist at the University of Winnipeg. .

This is an American story and with 10,000 universities in the US, they had to get an "expert opinion" from someone from the University of Winnipeg?

64 posted on 01/04/2019 3:44:13 PM PST by bubman
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Better a dead pedo than a raped kid. Sorry NBC, your sympathy lies in the wrong place.


65 posted on 01/04/2019 3:45:59 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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Malcolm was tall and handsome. The oldest son of Jamaican immigrants, he wholly subscribed to the idea of the American dream. In high school, Malcolm was vice president of the Future Business Leaders of America club, assistant captain of the tennis and swim teams and a member of the student council and Model United Nations. He started a social marketing business at 15.

After graduating in 2016, Malcolm filled his Instagram and Facebook feeds with photos of New York high-rises, bathroom selfies in three-piece suits and links to news articles in which he was featured. He went to community college while working as a junior buyer for a local circuit-board manufacturer and was the subject of a Connecticut Public Television series that profiled recent high school graduates. Earlier this year, he was named one of Litchfield County’s 40 Leaders Under 40.

NBC paints this pedophile as an all-American. No surprise NBC was the home of pervert Les Moonves. Probably wall-to-wall with them in that company.

67 posted on 01/04/2019 3:46:14 PM PST by Flick Lives
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I disagree - this is an article setting the stage for pedophilia acceptance and equating these guys to religious police.


68 posted on 01/04/2019 3:46:27 PM PST by Skywise
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Sad, but somehow b is dad didn’t spend enough time with him. And yes that is the cause...God doesn’t create gay people.


69 posted on 01/04/2019 3:47:02 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Either the Wall gets built or America becomes a democrat socialist state.)
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I guess I am suppose to feel bad for the adult that wanted to bugger a minor.

I don't.

70 posted on 01/04/2019 3:47:48 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
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Malcolm, for once, did the right thing.


75 posted on 01/04/2019 3:50:43 PM PST by semaj (We are the People)
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yeah... so??? one less abuser on the street
77 posted on 01/04/2019 3:51:21 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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NBC wants me to have sympathy for a pedo? Not buyin that.
Good riddance to a predator.


79 posted on 01/04/2019 3:52:32 PM PST by Cyclops08
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If they’re not actually attacking the perps, then they’re not vigilantes.

No prob with this. The concern that evidence isn’t good enough for trial is besides the point. Without what they did there would be no evidence at all so can only be a plus.

And since many may beat the rap in court, the “shaming” exercise will at least get some result.


82 posted on 01/04/2019 4:01:31 PM PST by fruser1
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This particular POPSQUAD highlighted in the article has busted multiple persons in my area. 2 of which are in my immediate neighborhood. One, I already knew of, due to the sex offender list. He has a lengthy history and violates parole consistently, aka, re-offender. CT just puts him back out on the street after a short amount of time. This past time was less than a year after being busted by POPSQUAD. He has just been re-released within the past couple of months.

The 2nd, has NEVER been busted, and if he has, must have went through the AR program, as nothing is found in the online court system. He used to walk my street daily. I can see his backyard from my front window. He was employed in our public school system as a substitute. I never would have known about him without POPSQUAD.

I still do not know if the POPSQUAD information has resulted in an arrest or his firing from the Public Schools. I do know I do not see him or his vehicle in the neighborhood anymore.

I am very greatful to POPSQUAD.


87 posted on 01/04/2019 4:05:21 PM PST by surroundedinCT
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Am I supposed to feel sorry for this perv? That seems to be what the article wants.

One less perv in the world.

88 posted on 01/04/2019 4:07:48 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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Even when police don’t get involved, the predator hunters and their loyal followers are ready to exact their own form of justice on social media, making sure that the alleged predator’s video is seen by his family, friends and employers.

As long as they do not violate the law I have no problem with this.

90 posted on 01/04/2019 4:14:09 PM PST by cpdiii (Cane Cutter, Deckhand,Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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““It’s not easy to be black, Jamaican, a Jehovah’s Witness and gay in Torrington, Connecticut,” “

False. It’s easy to be all of those things in Torrington CT.

Well, gay jehovah’s witnesses who try to rape 15 year old boys is sorta tough to pull off. But no need to worry now !


92 posted on 01/04/2019 4:19:30 PM PST by Celerity
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NBC with their moral relativism and situational ethics wants us to sympathize with the child predator!


95 posted on 01/04/2019 4:24:20 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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A pedophile was outed and hanged himself. Other than “so what” I can’t seem to get much emotion going here (other than one less sexual predator for kids to worry about) in spite of the hagiographic tone of the article


96 posted on 01/04/2019 4:25:30 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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Normalizing pedophilia is already underway.

Alternative headline:
Adult pedophile didn't get to molest a 14 year old boy, nor will he in the future.

97 posted on 01/04/2019 4:28:38 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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Of course the OTHER OPTION is for gays to leave children alone...


98 posted on 01/04/2019 4:33:46 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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>>POPSquad is one of dozens of similar online groups across the country unified by what they say is a mission to expose and shame people they allege are or could become sexual predators, according to an NBC News review of these groups on Facebook. The idea isn’t new — the NBC News “Dateline” show mined the same territory in its special series, “To Catch a Predator,” from 2004 to 2007.

But when you do this to Planned Parenthood or ACORN or... RINOs and Commies will charge you with assorted “laws”.


99 posted on 01/04/2019 4:37:04 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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