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In reply to the discussion: Penn State alumni group critical of NCAA sanctions, Freeh Report [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)45. OVERVIEW: http://www.protect.org/emergency/1544 & http://protect.org/tech
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Where is the outrage over the massive ONGOING failures described below in PA and present all across the country according to PROTECT?http://www.protect.org/home
July 20 at 5:26am
Protect
A law enforcement sweep this week is targeting 20 suspects in the Silicon Valley for trafficking in video of children being raped and abused. Sweeps like these could be repeated weekly or monthly in larger jurisdictions, but are infrequent due to the severe strain they put on understaffed law enforcement. We hope authorities are also putting maximum resources into searching for possible child victims. http://bit.ly/OCpRbB
http://losgatos.patch.com/articles/local-cops-conduct-child-porn-sweep
July 20 at 5:26am
Protect
A law enforcement sweep this week is targeting 20 suspects in the Silicon Valley for trafficking in video of children being raped and abused. Sweeps like these could be repeated weekly or monthly in larger jurisdictions, but are infrequent due to the severe strain they put on understaffed law enforcement. We hope authorities are also putting maximum resources into searching for possible child victims. http://bit.ly/OCpRbB
http://losgatos.patch.com/articles/local-cops-conduct-child-porn-sweep
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/news/Penn-State-Tragedy-Inspires-Law-Targeting-PA-Attorney-General.html?page=1&comments=1&showAll=
Penn State Tragedy Inspires Law Targeting PAs Attorney General
By Tara Murtha
Posted Dec. 27, 2011
The introduction of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Mandated Reporter Law by Rep. Dan Deasy (D-Allegheny) on the steps of the Allegheny county courthouse in early December didnt make much of a splash here, but the implications of the legislation are explosive: Supporters allege that the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals office is sitting on thousands of leads on child sex abusers, collecting the data on their possible whereabouts but not trying to find them.
The facts are that there are 22,000 graphic child pornographers in Pennsylvania, thousands of them are likely to be committing child abuse right now, and if were not giving out that information to local law enforcement, which is the case we are not doing our job as best we could, says former U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, currently campaigning to become the first Democrat elected as Pennsylvania Attorney General next year.
The bills supporters want the Attorney Generals office to share leads generated in RoundUp, a sophisticated forensic tool that scours peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like Gnutella and BitTorrent and pinpoints IP addresses of computers sharing graphic child pornography.
Murphy sees the new law as a stateside extension of the federal PROTECT Our Children Act in 2008. During Congressional testimony for that legislation, the FBI and Department of Justice estimated less than 1 percent of all leads are investigated.
Material includes graphic videos of child rape and grooming materialsvideos designed to teach children its normal for adults to touch them sexually.
Supporters of the bill include Murphy, Deasy, Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny), Rep. Michael Sturla (D-Lancaster), national nonprofit PROTECT and high-profile advocate Alicia Kozakiewicz. They say they want the attorney generals office to push out the leads to each of the 67 county district attorneys every 24 hours, and have each instance count as a new investigation into a possibleor statistically speaking, probablechild abuser.
They say where theres smoke theres fire, and research backs them up. Though estimates range widely on the percentage of overlap, studies and arrest data confirm the modern phenomenon of dual offenders, people whose crimes involve both possession of child pornography and child sex abuse.
<...>
Kozakiewicz says that since the Penn State scandal broke, its more important to her than ever to make some progress in her home state.
The Penn State tragedy is horrible, and really shocked the world into something that, while it may have been a secret, (is) nothing new, says Kozakiewicz. She sees Attorney General Linda Kellys comments on Penn State hypocritical. (Kelly) pointed her finger (at) Penn State and has been accusing them (of withholding information) while she herself could also be accused (of the same thing), says Kozakiewicz.
If inaction is a crime, on the part of Penn State officials, then certainly Tom Corbett and Linda Kelly are guilty of the same crime, says Camille Cooper, who helped draft this bill as legislative director of PROTECT. Thats why Pennsylvania, and thats why now.
<...>
Penn State Tragedy Inspires Law Targeting PAs Attorney General
By Tara Murtha
Posted Dec. 27, 2011
The introduction of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Mandated Reporter Law by Rep. Dan Deasy (D-Allegheny) on the steps of the Allegheny county courthouse in early December didnt make much of a splash here, but the implications of the legislation are explosive: Supporters allege that the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals office is sitting on thousands of leads on child sex abusers, collecting the data on their possible whereabouts but not trying to find them.
The facts are that there are 22,000 graphic child pornographers in Pennsylvania, thousands of them are likely to be committing child abuse right now, and if were not giving out that information to local law enforcement, which is the case we are not doing our job as best we could, says former U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, currently campaigning to become the first Democrat elected as Pennsylvania Attorney General next year.
The bills supporters want the Attorney Generals office to share leads generated in RoundUp, a sophisticated forensic tool that scours peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like Gnutella and BitTorrent and pinpoints IP addresses of computers sharing graphic child pornography.
Murphy sees the new law as a stateside extension of the federal PROTECT Our Children Act in 2008. During Congressional testimony for that legislation, the FBI and Department of Justice estimated less than 1 percent of all leads are investigated.
Material includes graphic videos of child rape and grooming materialsvideos designed to teach children its normal for adults to touch them sexually.
Supporters of the bill include Murphy, Deasy, Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny), Rep. Michael Sturla (D-Lancaster), national nonprofit PROTECT and high-profile advocate Alicia Kozakiewicz. They say they want the attorney generals office to push out the leads to each of the 67 county district attorneys every 24 hours, and have each instance count as a new investigation into a possibleor statistically speaking, probablechild abuser.
They say where theres smoke theres fire, and research backs them up. Though estimates range widely on the percentage of overlap, studies and arrest data confirm the modern phenomenon of dual offenders, people whose crimes involve both possession of child pornography and child sex abuse.
<...>
Kozakiewicz says that since the Penn State scandal broke, its more important to her than ever to make some progress in her home state.
The Penn State tragedy is horrible, and really shocked the world into something that, while it may have been a secret, (is) nothing new, says Kozakiewicz. She sees Attorney General Linda Kellys comments on Penn State hypocritical. (Kelly) pointed her finger (at) Penn State and has been accusing them (of withholding information) while she herself could also be accused (of the same thing), says Kozakiewicz.
If inaction is a crime, on the part of Penn State officials, then certainly Tom Corbett and Linda Kelly are guilty of the same crime, says Camille Cooper, who helped draft this bill as legislative director of PROTECT. Thats why Pennsylvania, and thats why now.
<...>
More:
http://protect.org/legislation/1577-media-advisory-12-2-11
http://protect.org/component/search/?searchword=penn+state&ordering=&searchphrase=all
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Penn State alumni group critical of NCAA sanctions, Freeh Report [View all]
OmahaBlueDog
Jul 2012
OP
Because they figure that's an acceptable cost to protect their football program. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jul 2012
#4
The school is darn lucky the NCAA did not shut down the whole football program, and good riddance.
xtraxritical
Jul 2012
#30
Funny, it looks to me like it actively encourages the athletes to leave without penalty. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jul 2012
#21
R U joking? The athletes were using those same showers while Sandusky was "horseplaying"
xtraxritical
Jul 2012
#31
Look; I don't care what he said. It is not an NCAA matter! First & foremost it's criminal.
Pauldg47
Jul 2012
#71
I'm not a Penn Stater -- just pointing out that the group in the OP doesn't represent
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#28
The child rape was institutionalized by those in charge turning a blind eye.
AtomicKitten
Jul 2012
#29
Let's be clear - we're talking about CHILD RAPE - not just some run-of-the-mill shenanigans
Hugabear
Jul 2012
#32
They are being punished. Many, many people like me have left in droves and the RCC isn't getting
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#48
between this and the terrorist complaining about having to shave his beard
arely staircase
Jul 2012
#43
OVERVIEW: http://www.protect.org/emergency/1544 & http://protect.org/tech
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2012
#45
This may turn out to be a moot point as soon as the lawsuits begin. Penn State may have to sell....
Raster
Jul 2012
#49
Just goes to prove that the program trumps all legal, moral and ethical justifications
Earth_First
Jul 2012
#56
What's the Penn State alumni watchdog group's perspective on this development?
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2012
#62
Info reported in April and July NOT picked up by national media. No idea why.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2012
#67
College sport, any sport, has been corrupted by too much money. There should be a cap
Monk06
Jul 2012
#66
Zooming out from the Penn State case to related news on today's House vote.
proverbialwisdom
Aug 2012
#73
House passes Child Protection Act 2012/"Child abuse is a bipartisan issue. Both parties ignore it."
proverbialwisdom
Aug 2012
#75
CBS: "A source has been told... child pornography was found in at least 1 of Sandusky's computers."
proverbialwisdom
Aug 2012
#80
If they'd expressed half this outrage at the initial coverup as they are over the punishment
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#79
Ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier says it was his choice to resign, not the board of trustees
proverbialwisdom
Aug 2012
#82