Would you attend a peaceful protest if a convicted paedophile moved into your street?

[thefourgp]

I’ve never attended anything similar before and I’m in two minds about going. He was convicted (I’ve read the newspaper articles which show his photo) and has been released after serving half his sentence. I don’t know if he owns the property but he’s moved in with his wife who stood by him. There’s a peaceful protest being arranged. Would you go?

No. Better one that I know the whereabouts of then all the ones we don't.

I wonder how people would feel if the paedophile that OP is talking about was driven out of the area and changed his name and moved in next door to one of the delightful people on this thread?

Ironically they don't actually seem to care much about the safety of children, whilst the people who do care about the safety of children are being labelled as paedophile sympathisers. It's completely back to front. Far better to know about someone than the be oblivious.

I wouldn't go as I don't think it would achieve much. I would, however, alert everyone on the street and ensure as many parents know as possible so they can take safeguarding steps and talk to their kids.

I am amazed his wife is still with him.

@isadoradancing123

He raped a five year old, he does not deserve to live........anywhere

Unless you're going to kill him, he has to live somewhere. So what's your solution?

i would protest for all Pedos to get put on an island that they cant escape from. Thats where they can live.

No.
It's the one's you don't know about that you have to worry about.

@NonCisWoman

There should be a town built where all of these monsters can live together.

No innocent person should have to live next to a paedophile. I don't care if he's served his time or not.

I watched a program (possibly Theroux) and there is such a shit hole, I mean town in Florida. I think if the justice system were to work properly then justice would mean he'd not get the chance to carry out evil deeds again, unfortunately our justice system is shocking so he will have ample opportunity. I wouldn't go to a protest though as it wouldn't stay peaceful but I'd damn we'll make sure anyone with kids in the area knew exactly who their neighbours are.

I was going to mention the Florida project....which has resulted in mass homeless and risk escalation.

@BananaPop2020 don't be naive and think police can keep these monsters in check, they can't. They also can't be reformed.
He raped a five year old.
Quite frankly vigilantes could burn down his house for all I'd care. Yes I'd protest if he lived next to me.

@PutBabyInTheCorner the one thing I am not is naive. You need to do some research as your post is inaccurate to say the least.

@thefourgp

I’ve never attended anything similar before and I’m in two minds about going. He was convicted (I’ve read the newspaper articles which show his photo) and has been released after serving half his sentence. I don’t know if he owns the property but he’s moved in with his wife who stood by him. There’s a peaceful protest being arranged. Would you go?

Protest about what? He has to live somewhere. Maybe a death sentence IS the answer, but until we make that a law you can't really complain that he lives near you.

@BananaPop2020 which part?

@NotTheToothFairy22

Whaaaaaaat? Nobody here would go to a protest if a paedo moved into their street?

I would. And it wouldn't have to be peaceful either. They can fuck off somewhere else.

In that case hands up who would protest if a mad vigilante moved into their street where their children played. I wouldn't want someone violent near my children.

@PutBabyInTheCorner firstly, your reference to my perceived naïveté. Secondly, the Police CAN and DO keep RSO’s in check, in conjunction with relevant legislation, multi- agency working and enforcement when needed. The recidivism rate is low and compliance is generally good. Thirdly, I never mentioned the term ‘reform’.

The people who go to these kind of "protests" are normally pretty scummy themselves, as are vigilantes.
They very frequently descend into violence. If that happens op, you could end up in trouble yourself - joint venture etc.

No. One near here ended with an ambulance called because someone through half a brick at a policeman.

*threw

One happened near me recently (next town over). The guy wasn't a pedophile but had sexually assaulted a woman. The "protesters" got the wrong house 3 times 🙄 there for hours, shouting and swearing in the street.

[quote NotTheToothFairy22]@BananaPop2020 I completely disagree with everything you said. This 'person' has no right to live peacefully at all after raping a 5 year old. Neither does his wife who stood by him. That 5 year old is never going to be peaceful so if I could do anything to ensure he doesn't get peace then rest assured, I'd do it. Pitchfork and all.

I am just agog at paedo sympathizers saying they have a right to live peacefully.[/quote]
They have the right to live peacefully because that is what the law says. Acknowledging the law does not make judges, police or any member of the public a 'paedo sympathizer'.

I am of the opinion that someone who rapes a five year old shouldn't ever be released from prison. I would happily support a campaign for that
However, the sad fact is, they are released from prison and have to live somewhere. If they don't live near you and your children they are going to live near someone else and their children.

No.

Abuse is so rife I’d expect more than one child abuser who has escaped detection to be standing there frothing at the mouth at just such a protest.

If you’re imagining there’s no way any paedophilles are already living near you, you are very naive indeed.

Tricky. I don’t think I would attend. I would attend a neighbourhood watch meeting to ensure that the local area has eyes open to crime of all kinds, I think that is more constructive.

If I saw him, I would be tempted to say, that there is a very active neighbourhood watch in the area and the residents are very alert to criminal activity, and he will be watched carefully by everyone. Sadly few paedophiles are properly rehabilitated in our shambles of a prison system so I would definitely feel less safe knowing someone with such a violent, evil tendency was living nearby.

If I was the poor lady living next door, I would plant very tall evergreen hedging along the boundary of the property and make it clear to the new neighbour I don’t want him or his wife to step foot on my property at any time.

As other posters say, paedos can be anyone, but it is a different matter when you know for sure one is living right next door, however there is no reason anyone in the street has to have anything to do with this horrible man or his wife and i doubt he is going to be trying to make friends or hang out at the local pub. I expect he will be basically in hiding from the community.

You likely have no idea what goes on behind the scenes.

@BananaPop2020
The squeaky wheel gets the oil.

I have no idea who was running the unlicensed daycare operation from their home on my street within 500 feet of the house the pedophile lived in. I never once saw any children being dropped off or picked up from any of the houses.

If I don't see concrete results in the form of a pedophile being drummed out of town after he has spent weeks clearly planting objects of interest to children in places where they would see them and stop, I assume the police are waiting until he is caught raping a child to act. This is all they can do unless neighbours put pressure on them.

It's too late when someone's child gets hurt. Pedophiles know their rights and take 100% of the piss.

When one of my DDs was hailed by a gent in a car who was trying to get her to hop in (an attempt foiled by my DD herself and also the mail carrier) the police told DD to shout 'I'm a minor' at anyone trying to lure her into a car. This is because they spend a lot of time in court shaking their heads sadly as judges let would-be child abductors off because "they held a reasonable belief that their victim was over 16". That defense was used in cases where children were as young as 7.

Pedophiles are predators. They are devious and cunning and single minded, and they run rings around the law.

@BananaPop2020

I don’t agree they are high priority for housing, they have to meet the same criteria as everyone else unless there is some extenuating circumstance.

They are top priority for housing, even higher than people fleeing domestic abuse. It's so the police and probation services know where people on the sex offender register are to keep tags on them.

I'm sorry to hear you're in the situation, and I wouldn't be happy about it either, but what would the specific aim of the protest be? What are they trying to achieve? That man has been deemed safe for release by the legal system, and now he has to live somewhere. So unless you're campaigning for some sort of alternative living situation specifically for convicted peedos, or you want them to serve longer sentences, or whatever... I don't really see what the protest would be in aid of. If it's literally just "get the nonce out of our neighbourhood and into someone else's" then I wouldn't support that at all. It does no good and simply moves the problem onto another community instead of yours.