Cops Kill Man Breaking into Sex Offender's Home - "Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man attempting to break into the home of a registered sex offender who police warned neighbors might still be abusing children. Authorities on Monday defended their decision to circulate a flier in a Bakersfield neighborhood identifying Vincent Verdile as a registered sex offender even though the information was 'completely unsubstantiated...' On Saturday, police shot and killed Gabriel Angel Garcia, who was attempting to kick in Verdile's front door. Police had not yet established a motive for why Garcia, a 20-year-old neighbor of Verdile, was trying to break into the man's home. But several weeks ago, Bakersfield police circulated a flier around Verdile's neighborhood with a picture of Verdile on it and listing his height, weight, hair color and race under a banner that read, 'Serious Sex Offender...'" - Mercury News (US)
One of the major objections to a sex offender registry is the possibility that someone will decide to take justice into his own hands. Perhaps ordinary citizens don't much care if that happens to a child molester, but the indiscriminate nature of the listings in many states, including our own, mean that the same thing can happen to people guilty of no more than youthful indiscretions.
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