Walking the Walk
I've always thought the sex offender issue hit the tipping point a few years back, but a recent video proves the continued crossover into popular culture. The fact Miami-Dade County is the featured LE agency in the short just makes the feature that more topical as local offenders forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway brave yet another evening of freezing temperatures with no access to shelter.
IMHO, the Gairdner video targets how easy one can be designated an offender, what's considered a recidivism offense, the invasive reach of public notification laws, ankle bracelet wear, residency restrictions and the resulting consequence of housing often leading to homelessness issue while depicting quite well, the demoralization of the person behind the label upon conviction of an offense Florida deems sexually criminal.
For those that may find the video discriminatory, I'd say nothing is more prejudicial or hypocritical than Mark Foley walking the streets a free man.
Sid Caesar once said, "Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end."
Here's the curlicue.
The S.O. Shuffle. Busting a rhyme with the truth.
Labels: Julia Tuttle, sex offender laws in America, sex offender politics
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