Pedo Hunter in Area

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@Dappy777 The argument for it still doesn't detract from what I said.

The problem is people who are intelligent and can look at cases with disinterest aren’t going to be the sorts to sign up to these groups. It’s more the kinds of people who like violence and the thrill of confrontation.

I was reading some of "communities" fb pages they all seem to have their own issues and in fighting.

But some people would argue that young girls are at risk because the police don’t have the time or resources to pursue the countless men who groom or target them. For every man who is caught and prosecuted, dozens remain under the radar.

@Noluckcatchingthemswansthen I was looking them up, he is a creepy looking fecker isn't he ? And he is trying to flog cbd oil so # Ad 😀

I think you are on to something here, I hadn’t thought about it from this angle. I know that police officers/staff are only allowed to work in this department for a limited period of time due to the distressing nature of the crimes. They also have enforced breaks, welfare checks and access to therapy. Thinking about it, something sits very badly about someone who is doing this for a hobby and attention.

My uncle's house almost got torched because of one of these knuckle dragging thug groups. They whipped up a frenzy locally, which cuminated with posts of 'There's a nonce at 12 Rose Grove'
Cue a massive group descending on the house, which was 12 Rose WAY, ready to burn the place to the ground with him and his young family in it. The only thing that saved him was that someone who was friendly with him noticed his personalised number plate and alerted the nutters that they weren't even in the right place

Nobody on this thread is saying we don’t care about children and are in favour of pedos! But these groups have ulterior motives (ego) and often hinder cases never mind all the chaos and trauma they cause with mistaken identities, innocent family members etc.

Im sorry about what happened to your niece but these groups aren’t the answer. The idea of them exposing her abuser probably appeals to you but in reality their actions could prevent a prosecution.

As I said earlier I’m also very skeptical about people taking it upon themselves to engage in these conversations, unasked and unmonitored. They are weirdos.

I hate these groups. What’s to stop them picking on a random innocent person, putting it all over the internet. That person could go on to be found completely innocent without a stain on their character but people will always say “no smoke without fire” or will never find out they were innocent.

These groups could hand their “evidence” quietly to the police but then they wouldn’t get the attention and social Media clicks they crave

These people arent doing any of this because they care about children. They have an unhealthy fascination with sexual abuse of children, they like centering themselves, they like aggro and trouble and they like the self importance.

Dont delude yourself they actually care about victims.

I imagine everyone here cares about children. We can't allow just anyone to take the law into their own hands without putting innocent people at risk. If we all decided to mete out justice whenever we saw fit, there would be absolute chaos.

I think I just have a blind rage in me when it comes to these excuses for human beings. I think if I came across the man who abused my niece I wouldn't be able to be held responsible for my actions.

People always use the word vigilante, and then add that “we should leave it to the police,” which would be fine if the police took care of the problem, but they don’t. It isn’t their fault of course. I once heard a policeman say that if we pursued every man who views pornographic images of children, or grooms underage girls online, we’d need a separate police force.

We underestimate how many men have an unhealthy interest in young girls. True pedophilia (a sexual interest in children, i. e boys and girls around four or five years old) is relatively rare, but a sexual interest in young girls certainly isn’t.

I may be biased because I have a relative who was abused online at 12 years old ruining her life

I can't say I've seen any of that

They're nearly always criminal/anti social types, very very often with sexual abuse backgrounds, either adults or children.

Many have women as part of the groups who also have dubious 'relationships' with children often presenting themselves as protectors/saviours of missing kids or troubled kids who always for some reason congregate round their houses.

And what about innocent vulnerable members of society who are traumatised by these vigilante gangs? Do you not think their parents are worried and want to keep them safe?

No I'm not. I care about children.

Then you’re as dense as they are.

Tell that to our service users many of whom are severely autistic or with acquired brain injury and didn’t understand what was going on and were scared and already find it hard to be out and about because of the way twats view them and even though these service users have done nothing wrong they get harassed by lowlifes purely because they live in the same place as a sex offender. And then explain to the loved ones of these service users as to why they no longer feel safe going into town, or swimming or to their day centre and instead want to stay inside.

We had a vigilante group turn up at work (supported living) the person they were after (service user) was already on sex offenders register but had somehow managed to get hold of a phone and was trying to groom a young girl again. They could have easily come to the on-site office and explained what they found but instead they scared and traumatised the staff and other vulnerable service users (none of whom had done anything wrong) threatening to set fire to the place, putting the filming on Facebook (never mind that we have vulnerable people living there who could be targeted when out in public as ‘guilty by association’) It was an awful ordeal - but I’m sure the vigilantes still thought they were doing right 🙄