WinterBorn
Diamond Member
- Moderator
- #61
God forbid easily influenced children don't get arrested for being manipulated..
The intent may be noble behind this, but the execution, like most progressive plans, is where the issue is.
California Democrats legalize child prostitution
The unintended but predictable consequence of how the real villains — pimps and other traffickers in human misery — will respond to this new law isn't difficult to foresee. Pimping and pandering will still be against the law whether it involves running adult women or young girls. But legalizing child prostitution will only incentivize the increased exploitation of underage girls. Immunity from arrest means law enforcement can't interfere with minors engaging in prostitution — which translates into bigger and better cash flow for the pimps. Simply put, more time on the street and less time in jail means more money for pimps, and more victims for them to exploit.
As Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, a national leader on human trafficking issues, told the media, "It just opens up the door for traffickers to use these kids to commit crimes and exploit them even worse." Another prosecutor insightfully observed that if traffickers wrote legislation to protect themselves, it would read like SB 1322.
Arresting them at least got them off the street, even if for a short amount of time, and gave law enforcement some leverage to try to convince obviously coerced people to rat out their pimps or enablers.
Cops can still take them in. They are just not arrested. They get help instead of being raped in county lockup.
How does a cop take an unwilling person into custody without arresting them?
The same way they take any teenager home to their parents.
So, they arrest them?
No. They detain them. There is a difference.