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People have spoken of changed officers in approach to the public, be it at roadblocks or over counters in police stations.
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There were tales of beatings that amounted to torture. In short this was the concept aped from the then Eastern bloc countries which trained policeme... Read more
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12 April 2006
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Online Vigilante Group and NBC
12 April 2006 Chatmag News.
Following a controversial "sting" aired on Dateline NBC, news and legal analysts question the ethics of THE NBC news special report.
The "sting" involved Perverted-Justice.com a controversial online vigilante organization, first reported on in Chatmag News on 17 Feb. 2004. Operators from Perverted-Justice.com entered Internet chat rooms posing as underage girls, in an effort to entice adults into private chats. The methods used by Perverted-Justice.com has been questioned by law enforcement, legal scholars, and professionals in both online chat and online safety.
In a segment filmed in Darke County, Ohio, the Sheriff deputized several Perverted-Justice.com operators. In addition, NBC paid these same operators, The Washington Post reported it was at least $100,000.
Deputizing and paying the Perverted-Justice.com operators, according to The Washington Post, "the sting crossed some ethical boundaries that could place the network in an awkward legal position."
In essence, NBC is stepping over the boundary of reporting the news, and is now creating news. Furthermore, the deputizing of the Perverted-Justice.com operators is tantamount to NBC paying law enforcement. Also, there will be serious questions raised at the trials of any or all of the defendants, as to the legality of the arrest by what amounts to NBC Deputies.
Chatmag.com has long upheld that Perverted-Justice.com is a rogue vigilante organization, with no legal oversight, training in proper evidence handling, and the legal technicalities of conducting sting operations via The Internet. It is time that this vigilante group be held to the same high standards as the rest of our legal system, or disband. NBC should learn a valuable lesson. Report the news, do not make the news.
Peter J. Carr
Publisher/Owner
Chatmag.com
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