What are your thoughts on displaying the arrested?

[SillyOReilly]

Example

People are supposed to be innocent before proven guilty.

IMO they should not be publicly shamed simply because they were arrested.

 

[Amused]

Freedom of information.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

We some how managed to live without this for hundreds of years......don't quite see why its necessary now.

 

[TheVrolok]

I'm not a fan of this at all.

 

[SillyOReilly]

Originally posted by: Amused
Freedom of information.

You just succinctly trumped my entire point. :roll:

 

[BurnItDwn]

IMO they should wait until they are convicted, but, I don't think what they are doing is illegal.

 

[Arkitech]

I guess it depends on how they were arrested and what they were arrested for.

Example: Police catch a man in the act of exposing himself to kids, definitely should put his pedo butt on website.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: SillyOReilly
Example

People are supposed to be innocent before proven guilty.

IMO they should not be publicly shamed simply because they were arrested.

This.

 

[purbeast0]

HOLY CRAP!
HOLY CRAP x2!

 

[ICRS]

It isn't just local governments. The News paper here is doing this for everyone arrested in the last year in the county.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
HOLY CRAP!
HOLY CRAP x2!

wow, that second one is just scary

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SillyOReilly

Originally posted by: Amused
Freedom of information.

You just succinctly trumped my entire point. :roll:

Were you rolling your eyes at Amused or at yourself? Because he did make a good point. You didn't. Having your picture put on a website does not indicate guilt any more than having your name put in the paper, which has been happening for decades (probably as long as newspapers have existed).

 

[yllus]

I think it's dumb. It's publicly shaming the person even after they've served their court-ordered sentence. It's hard enough to rebuild one's life as it is when you have to answer in the affirmative to an employer that you have a criminal record.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SillyOReilly

Originally posted by: Amused
Freedom of information.

You just succinctly trumped my entire point. :roll:

Were you rolling your eyes at Amused or at yourself? Because he did make a good point. You didn't. Having your picture put on a website does not indicate guilt any more than having your name put in the paper, which has been happening for decades (probably as long as newspapers have existed).

My only problem with this is if you read a stranger's name chances are you aren't going to be able to point out that person on the street. However seeing the person's face is going to leave an impression. Some people might easily forget about this but some people don't and its that seed of doubt that can ruin an innocent person's life.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: yllus
I think it's dumb. It's publicly shaming the person even after they've served their court-ordered sentence. It's hard enough to rebuild one's life as it is when you have to answer in the affirmative to an employer that you have a criminal record.

Maybe they should think about that before committing the crime.

And it's not publicly shaming. Amused's post is direct and right to the point and explains exactly why it's done.

 

[aphex]

As much as I'm for freedom of information, until these people are convicted IMO they shouldn't be posting this stuff online. Innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

 

[dmw16]

after they are convicted it seems fine. however, before hand you run the risk of ruining the reputation of someone that in the end is found to be innocent. However, the damage is often already done.

 

[Wheezer]

I see businesses posting the names of people who pass bad checks all the time....perhaps, just perhaps if we as a society would start doing some more "shaming" like this..... incidents of DUI would drop.

It is amazing how people view things.....to oddyager's point:

f you read a stranger's name chances are you aren't going to be able to point out that person on the street.

which is exactly what the offenders are counting on.

"fuck it, so my name is in the paper....no one will know for sure if it is me or not just by a name."

BUT....it is a whole new ballgame if their picture is up there for all the world to see including their neighbors and friends....THEN they will perhaps take it a bit more seriously.

We all know that drinking and driving is a bad thing, and people KNOW they should not do it, if for nothing else for fear of getting caught, but it does not stop them....but if public shaming stops one person from repeating the same behavior and saving the life of an innocent person then that seems to me at least to be a GOOD thing. We all know that traffic accidents especially those involving alcohol are at unacceptable levels and so I see nothing wrong with finding alternative ways to fight it....including this.

 

[antyler]

I think they should probably wait till they are convicted yes, but hey if youre breaking the law, its going to be embarrassing.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
I see businesses posting the names of people who pass bad checks all the time....perhaps, just perhaps if we as a society would start doing some more "shaming" like this..... incidents of DUI would drop.

It is amazing how people view things.....to oddyager's point:

f you read a stranger's name chances are you aren't going to be able to point out that person on the street.

which is exactly what the offenders are counting on.

"fuck it, so my name is in the paper....no one will know for sure if it is me or not just by a name."

BUT....it is a whole new ballgame if their picture is up there for all the world to see including their neighbors and friends....THEN they will perhaps take it a bit more seriously.

We all know that drinking and driving is a bad thing, and people KNOW they should not do it, if for nothing else for fear of getting caught, but it does not stop them....but if public shaming stops one person from repeating the same behavior and saving the life of an innocent person then that seems to me at least to be a GOOD thing. We all know that traffic accidents especially those involving alcohol are at unacceptable levels and so I see nothing wrong with finding alternative ways to fight it....including this.

Right on. You can post a person's picture for all I care if convicted guilty but what about those that were under suspicion but ultimately found innocent? Or mistakenly arrested. Bad enough they had to go through humiliation in the first place of being detained, questioned but to now have their picture out in public?

 

[Descartes]

Just a modern form of the idea of a jailbird.

I object to it on principle as I do with all the other modern methods of putting shame on people in public. I don't think it addresses the real issues, as the only purpose really seems to be to satisfy those putting on the shame.

 

[isekii]

90% of them already look drunk on the mug shot

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: yllus
I think it's dumb. It's publicly shaming the person even after they've served their court-ordered sentence. It's hard enough to rebuild one's life as it is when you have to answer in the affirmative to an employer that you have a criminal record.

Maybe they should think about that before committing the crime.

And it's not publicly shaming. Amused's post is direct and right to the point and explains exactly why it's done.

A silly argument. The crime can't be taken back, and people do make mistakes.

They've literally served the punishment meted out. This is more about the appearance of elected officials being vigilant than anything else.

 

[alkemyst]

pbpost.com has a good one...even gives details (breath test results etc).

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: Amused
Freedom of information.

no one is aruing that....but rather the necessity of using tax money and government resources to do it.

Money and time can def. be better spent else where.