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As Hurricane Irma's destructive path nears Florida, a sheriff is warning sex offenders to beware of officers checking IDs at shelters. But now people are worried the rules will also affect others with outstanding warrants.
[...] "If you go to a shelter for #Irma, be advised: sworn LEOs will be at every shelter, checking IDs. Sex offenders/predators will not be allowed."
The sheriff explained the tweet further by writing on top of it, "If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail."
[...] RT America contacted the sheriff's office, and was told a public information officer would call back with further information.
Free pajamas and meals provided at no cost.
Source: Florida sheriff offers jail as 'secure shelter' for those with warrants fleeing Hurricane Irma
(Score: 2, Insightful) by SixGunMojo on Sunday September 10 2017, @11:08AM (5 children)
The Summery and the article both fail to mention that they will also be sanctuary shelters. http://www.businessinsider.com/grady-judd-florida-hurricane-irma-response-arrest-warrants-2017-9 [businessinsider.com]
Personally I think that flat out telling sex offenders to "Fuck off, go die in a hurricane" Is a pretty shitty thing to do. Why having provisions to deal with them is not SOP in the governments 'What to do in Case of a Hurricane' handbook is beyond me. I hope, in a wishful-thinking-not-really-kinda-way, that someone denied entry to a shelter gets killed, and their family sues the ever-loving shit out of this guy. I would also hope that he would get criminally prosecuted but we all know that would never happen.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @11:40AM
"Personally I think that flat out telling sex offenders to "Fuck off, go die in a hurricane" Is a pretty shitty thing to do."
I agree. Especially when all it takes to be labeled a sex offender in the US is to have a leak in public.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @04:35PM
They do have provisions to deal with them. "Fuck off, go die in a hurricane" seems like they've given it all the consideration they want to.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Sunday September 10 2017, @06:20PM (2 children)
Really?
Is the public park wanker so dangerous that every manual of operations must include a section on management of same?
And if so, what would be in that manual?
If they are recidivist predators, what the hell are they doing running around loose?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday September 11 2017, @02:28AM
Furthermore, if the objective is to keep *other* people safe... .which 'sex offender' is going to Do His Evil Thing in a crowded shelter, full of stressed-out adult males who'd like nothing better than an excuse to pummel someone??
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Monday September 11 2017, @09:49AM
No, the publicly elected sherrif, however, is. And therefore every manual of operations must include a section on how a sherrif should behave - to avoid him putting the public in harm's way, e.g. by publicly warning folks away from safety.
Because that's what he did. He publicly told people that there will be consequences for a certain class of citizens if they show up to a shelter.
Sidenote: don't bring your ID to a shelter. You're there to be safe, not to be ID'd.