For years, Lauren Book has advocated for the public sex offense registry, even though her abuser was a female nanny with no prior sex offense conviction.
For years, she's promoted her dubious charity with the tagline "95% of sexual abuse is preventable", a phrase she simply pulled out of her southern posterior. Is this news about her pediatrician busted for CP among the 5% that couldn'r be prevented?
From Florida Action Committee:
"A popular South Florida pediatrician was arrested and charged with three felonies. Among the crimes he is charged with is possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor. In an online post, Senator Lauren Book wrote, “This was my child’s pediatrician. I had no idea. No alarm bells went off. Nothing. Let this serve as a warning – ANYONE can be a predator, regardless of profession, level of education, interpersonal skills, zip code, etc. If I can be caught off guard, anyone can.”
The Senator’s own comments make the point that we’ve been trying to make for years. Perpetrators of sex crimes can by ANYONE. Not only that, but in the overwhelming majority of cases it is someone known to the victim, such as a teacher, coach, friend or family member. As Sen. Book sadly and unfortunately knows, it can even be the nanny hired by your parents to care for you, or the pediatrician you brought your own children to.
If we focus attention and resources on a stupid list, we are diverting focus from the more likely perpetrators and creating a false sense of security. Instead of telling parents to check the registry in advance of Halloween and implying children will somehow be safe, we should be telling parents to accompany their child to every single door they knock on.
Instead of investing so much time and money into perpetually punishing former offenders, we instead need to apply those resources towards prevention. Instead of investing so many resources into perpetuating stranger danger myths and other nonsense, we need to focus on education. Education based on actual best practices and empirical research, not misinformation."
for years, Lauren Book and her lobbyist father has harassed a Registered Person living over a thousand miles away for daring to criticize her abuse of power. She filed false charges against this man and even tried comparing him to the Parkland school shooter, all in an effort to silence him. She even tried claiming she feared her children were in danger from this man who never communicated with her directly. Yet, if the suspicions about the pediatrician are true, the real danger was in her own circle of trust, a person with no prior record.
Perpetual Victim Barbie cannot point out a potenial danger in her community. She's too focused on her revenge tour and her gaudy marches and collecting millions for her useless charity and pushing for more useless registry laws. You failed the people, Lauren Book.
#DefundLaurensKids
