Kiki
New Yorker
late last night we were flipping through channels and we came across a Dateline special that they've done in the past. It was the "To catch a Predator", where they have a group of specialists "chat" with these people via a messanger or a chat room and then basically set them up to meet this underage kid the adult thinks they've been talking to.
I can not believe the extent these "predators" went to. Each of them swore up and down that they weren't there for any sexual reasons what so ever, they simply wanted to "talk" to the kid that invited them over (some thought they were there to meet an under age boy, some a girl). A few of these guys flat out said, "If this makes it home, my wife's going to kill me". One even said, "My wife's father has 10 brothers, man. I can't let this get out, it was a mistake". Honestly....that one was my favorite line. I looked at my husband and said "well if that guy even made it home, he's dead now".
Every one of the guys was arrested when they walked out of the "set up house". The cops and the reporter had printed up the conversations that took place on line. One guy had even talked to this "14 year old girl" and told her he wanted to use rope and duck tape on her. Of course he lied to the reporter and said he had rope in the car for something else, but that was it. When the cops searched, he had marajiuna, rope, duck tape, and condoms.
The people were notified they were being recorded for an episode of Dateline.
Whereas every single one of these made me uncomfortable and completely creeped out, the one that I just couldn't......I don't know....let go of(?), maybe, is this 40 year old guy who had a 19 year old son and a 15 year old daughter at home. Now.......what the hell????? The reporter even flat out asked him....what if it were your daughter? What if some guy is at your house now, meeting your daughter, planning on doing God know's what to her???
The guys response...."Well.....yeah I guess I would be upset...."
I can't imagine being a kid of someone like that and having to be told what they'd done. I also can't believe how many creeps are out there. In 3 days they caught over 30 men.
I can not believe the extent these "predators" went to. Each of them swore up and down that they weren't there for any sexual reasons what so ever, they simply wanted to "talk" to the kid that invited them over (some thought they were there to meet an under age boy, some a girl). A few of these guys flat out said, "If this makes it home, my wife's going to kill me". One even said, "My wife's father has 10 brothers, man. I can't let this get out, it was a mistake". Honestly....that one was my favorite line. I looked at my husband and said "well if that guy even made it home, he's dead now".
Every one of the guys was arrested when they walked out of the "set up house". The cops and the reporter had printed up the conversations that took place on line. One guy had even talked to this "14 year old girl" and told her he wanted to use rope and duck tape on her. Of course he lied to the reporter and said he had rope in the car for something else, but that was it. When the cops searched, he had marajiuna, rope, duck tape, and condoms.
The people were notified they were being recorded for an episode of Dateline.
Whereas every single one of these made me uncomfortable and completely creeped out, the one that I just couldn't......I don't know....let go of(?), maybe, is this 40 year old guy who had a 19 year old son and a 15 year old daughter at home. Now.......what the hell????? The reporter even flat out asked him....what if it were your daughter? What if some guy is at your house now, meeting your daughter, planning on doing God know's what to her???
The guys response...."Well.....yeah I guess I would be upset...."
I can't imagine being a kid of someone like that and having to be told what they'd done. I also can't believe how many creeps are out there. In 3 days they caught over 30 men.