Police want to create their own child porn by photographing teen in sexually explicit manner -- in order to convict him of possessing child porn

Poperiarchy · 2014-07-09T17:50:19+00:00

While this is absolutely absurd and completely unacceptable, the overarching issue is even worse. The U.S..and Canada for that matter, need to stop needlessly criminalizing children for possessing images of themselves. It's utter nonsense and it's not hurting anyone anyway. How can one voluntarily victimize themself and be both the victim and the perpetrator? It's insane.

The charges they want to pursue against this 17 year old are possession and manufacture of child pornography. This is because he made a sexual video of himself. Philosophically, this is the equivalent of jerking off in the mirror and then being arrested and jailed for looking at yourself.

On a side note, the 15 year old girl who also sent nude images to this boy is not being charged with anything. This is the right thing to do but they're doing it for the wrong reasons evidently if they're charging this boy.

gloriously_ontopic · 2014-07-09T21:15:48+00:00

5th Amendment? Anyone?

Revoran · 2014-07-10T06:52:33+00:00

This is fucking insane. Laws against child porn were not designed to lock up kids taking pictures of themselves. They were designed to stop adults from exploiting minors.

We need to start treating sexting just like other sexual behaviour. There should be a close-in-age exception for young people sending photos etc to their girlfriend or boyfriend. A situation like this, where he allegedly kept sending her pictures after she told him to stop, should be treated as sexual harassment - not child porn.

And possessing pictures of yourself for your own use should not be illegal no matter your age.

stemgang · 2014-07-10T13:55:14+00:00

The police are exempt from obeying the laws that they enforce.

Zaxian · 2014-07-10T17:14:04+00:00

The police have released an update stating that "It is not the policy of the Manassas City Police or the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office to authorize invasive search procedures of suspects in cases of this nature and no such procedures have been conducted in this case."

Title	Police want to create their own child porn by photographing teen in sexually explicit manner -- in order to convict him of possessing child porn
Author	PierceHarlan
Upvotes	130
Comments	14
Date	July 9, 2014 4:34 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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