Posted by Jas on October 01, 2004 at 09:09:50 (PST):
In Reply to: Re: Police Blotter posted by Jasper on October 01, 2004 at 05:48:11 (PST):
: : : Yes .. the printed version of the L-T has a police blotter .. but not so sure about the on-line version.
: : Why should the whole community know this? Make a mistake and become the town news is not right. Every time domestic relations computer goes awry, they have to print my name. And the gossip that comes from this crap. I thought it was innocent until proven guilty. But the day they arrest you, they print it as though you are already guilty. There's no follow up about you to maybe heal the scars left behind because of some nosy community wanting to know that if I went to jail for not paying 10 bucks in child support again. Think about it people. There's enough shame in going to jail especially if you didn't commit a real crime.
: Heal the scars?? Boo hoo!! How about the scars of the victims of these crimes? If you're dumb enough to be arrested it SHOULD be in the paper. We all have a right to know if we're living next to a scumbag or not.
"We all have a right to know if we're living next to a scumbag or not"--so true. And your neighbors have a right to know what a scumbag like you they have living next to them.