The UK can be just as stupid about sex offense panic as the US can be. At least the BBC didn't misuse the term "paedophile" in this article. The logic behind this move is asinine-- alleged victims and survivors of other offenders would be triggered by seeing this person's name on a commemorative plaque. Seriously, who even looks at these things?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-57375578
Sex offender councillor's name removed from plaque
Published2 days ago
The name of a former council leader jailed for sexually assaulting three women has been removed from a plaque marking the opening of a bridge he helped campaign for.
Ex-Devon County Council boss Brian Greenslade was jailed for 16 months after being convicted in May.
His name has been scratched off the sign marking the opening of the Western Bypass and Taw Bridge in Barnstaple.
Devon County Council said the work was an "interim measure".
A spokesman for the authority said it was exploring longer term options to commemorate the opening of the bridge.
He added: "Following Brian Greenslade's conviction, we are sensitive to the potential offence likely to be caused to survivors and others affected by his historic actions."
The 72-year-old, from Marwood, near Barnstaple was also a member of the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority.
He denied the assaults, which took place in the 1990s and 2000s, dismissing one allegation as "absolute nonsense" but was found guilty by a jury at Exeter Crown Court.
The Barnstaple Western Bypass and £42m Taw Bridge opened on 23 May 2007.
The project took two years to build and Greenslade said at the time the opening was a wonderful day for him after two years of hoping it would become a reality.
Ain't most reoffenders usually robbery suspects and drug suspects. I remember reading that people with "Petty Crimes" are the highest reoffenders while murderers and sex offenders are the least likely group. Note this depends on the year the study was made.
ReplyDeleteI have that covered in the following link:
Deletehttps://oncefallen.com/myth-of-unique-threat-of-sex-offenders/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15173177/vigilante-battered-thought-paedophile-filmed-joking-tag-ruin-holiday/
DeleteMan on Tik Tok accused of beating up an innocent guy they accuse of being a Rapist.
True also I seem to notice something too most vigilantes who kill or harasses murderers and sex offenders initially then resort to killing petty criminals are more paranoid than even the victims they claim to be protecting. Pedro Filho of Brazil was known to kill criminals, President Duterte of the Philippines ordered people with "Petty Crimes" killed. Note President Duterte started out as a person who killed rapists and then later killed other criminals in the Davao Death Squad and he goes on political rallies saying if he didn't kill criminals then his country will not be safe. Snowtown, Australia in the 1990's was another case where John Bunting ordered his thugs to kill child rapists initially but subsequently the group got paranoid and killed drug addicts and disabled too.
This may start out as vigilantes "taking care of the Neighborhood" but will later lead to police brutality on "Petty Crimes"
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/06/16/2105923/heres-why-davao-death-squad-was-included-icc-drug-war-probe
https://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/12/09/15/duterte-confirms-killing-3-rapist-kidnappers
https://gravereviews.com/2020/10/22/john-bunting-the-snowtown-murders-ringleader/