Man deemed sex offender for chastising stupid girl - GoFuckYourself.com

polster · 07-01-2005, 09:25 PM

This is the most fucked up use of a law I have ever heard in my life.
Fitzroy Barnaby said he had to swerve to avoid hitting the 14-year-old Des Plaines girl who walked in front of his car.

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He grabbed girl's arm -- now he's a sex offender

July 1, 2005

BY STEVE PATTERSON Staff Reporter

She said he yelled, "Come here, little girl," before getting out of his car and grabbing her by the arm.

He said he simply lectured her.

She said she broke free and ran, fearful of what he'd do next.

In a Thursday ruling, the Appellate Court of Illinois said the 28-year-old Evanston man must register as a sex offender.

While acknowledging it might be "unfair for [Barnaby] to suffer the stigmatization of being labeled a sex offender when his crime was not sexually motivated," the court said his actions are the type that are "often a precursor" to a child being abducted or molested.

Though Barnaby was acquitted of attempted kidnapping and child abduction charges stemming from the November 2002 incident, he was convicted of unlawful restraint of a minor -- which is a sex offense.

'Most stupid ruling'

Now, he will have to tell local police where he lives and won't be able to live near a park or school.

"This is the most stupid ruling the appellate court has rendered in years," said Barnaby's Chicago attorney, Frederick Cohn. "If you see a 15-year-old beating up your 8-year-old and you grab that kid's hand and are found guilty of unlawful restraint, do you now have to register as a sex offender?"

But Cook County state's attorney spokesman Tom Stanton said Barnaby should have to register "because of the proclivity of offenders who restrain children to also commit sex acts or other crimes against them."

In the criminal case against him, Cook County Judge Patrick Morse said that "it's more likely than not" Barnaby planned only "to chastise the girl" when he grabbed her, but "I can't read his mind."

"I don't really see the purpose of registration in this case. I really don't," Morse said. "But I feel that I am constrained by the statute."

Recognizing the stigma that comes with being labeled as a sex offender, the appellate court said "it is [Barnaby's] actions which have caused him to be stigmatized, not the courts."

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Spunky · 07-01-2005, 09:27 PM

Too extreme for sure..that's bullshit

bringer · 07-01-2005, 09:29 PM

he was convicted of unlawful restraint of a minor -- which is a sex offense.

CDSmith · 07-01-2005, 09:32 PM

It sucks, and it certainly sucks to be him, but the fact is he shouldn't have grabbed her, period. This isn't the 70's. Back then adults could do that to kids who were being stupid. Nowadays it's not worth trying to teach someone else's brat any sort of "lesson"

Dagwolf · 07-01-2005, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

It sucks, and it certainly sucks to be him, but the fact is he shouldn't have grabbed her, period. This isn't the 70's. Back then adults could do that to kids who were being stupid. Nowadays it's not worth trying to teach someone else's brat any sort of "lesson"

I shouldn't have had so much cream cheese on my english muffin, either, but that doesn't mean I deserve to be labeled a sex offender.

People do things they shouldn't do all the time. The point is that the law and the system fucked up badly.

DWB · 07-01-2005, 09:40 PM

I have said it before and I will say it again... to hell with the kids. If they are not family or from close friends, I will stand by and watch them drown (or in this case, get hit by a car). You can't do anything to a child anymore without taking serious heat. Fuck that.

pr0 · 07-01-2005, 09:40 PM

great...now i gotta stop calling teen age girls at mcdonalds stupid bitchs & pimp slapping them for fucking up my cheeseburger

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Dagwolf · 07-01-2005, 09:41 PM

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pr0 · 07-01-2005, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

I have said it before and I will say it again... to hell with the kids. If they are not family or from close friends, I will stand by and watch them drown (or in this case, get hit by a car). You can't do anything to a child anymore without taking serious heat. Fuck that.

CDSmith · 07-01-2005, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dagwolf

I shouldn't have had so much cream cheese on my english muffin, either, but that doesn't mean I deserve to be labeled a sex offender.

People do things they shouldn't do all the time. The point is that the law and the system fucked up badly.

All that shit you just said was covered in the "it sucks" part of my post.

I didn't see any need to get into the issue more than that. It, in fact, does suck.

My point IS that everyone including this guy should know better than to go grabbing some kid like that. There are too many fucktard parents out there ready to go after anyone for any perceived slight on their precious little brats.

Anyone who thinks I'm saying the law doesn't suck needs a checkup from the neck up.

vogueboy · 07-01-2005, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

I have said it before and I will say it again... to hell with the kids. If they are not family or from close friends, I will stand by and watch them drown (or in this case, get hit by a car). You can't do anything to a child anymore without taking serious heat. Fuck that.

Looks like that, America's too rigorous, I'd stay away from other ppl's kids if I lived there too.

NTSS · 07-01-2005, 10:17 PM

That's really fucked up. True, maybe he should have known better than to grab the girl but being labeled a sex offender just shows you how fucked up shit is in the courts.

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DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	I have said it before and I will say it again... to hell with the kids. If they are not family or from close friends, I will stand by and watch them drown (or in this case, get hit by a car). You can't do anything to a child anymore without taking serious heat. Fuck that.