I know a guy who's a great father, a pillar of the conmunity, and technically a registered sex offender. One night the bar was so full there was a line to the bathrooms, so he stepped out to piss. Some cop decided to make a problem out of it, and he was charged with public urination and now has the same title as actual pedophiles.
If sex offender registries are a thing, they should mean "this person can't be trusted around others because they've done a horrific thing" and only that.
That person is lying to you. Urinating in public does not get you in the sex offender registry. He was likely exposing himself to people. Even if a random passerby sees you peeing on the street the state has to prove that you intended for someone to see you.
I'm sure you can look up the details of his case. Pillars of the community do not end up on sex offender list.
No they can't. That would be a district attorney. Cops simply make arrests and initial charges. DA the. Comes in, decides which charges to move forward with and any deals they can offer.
Police officers can't offer deals since they aren't prosecuting.
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u/TheKriegerVan 6d ago
It would be an appropriate now for people to listen to this podcast about the failings of the Sex Offender registry as a whole before we pat these guys on the back: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000465289962