Good... this 'assume the worst' mentality should not be encouraged...

She might not have liked that a sex offender moved near her neighborhood, but that did not give her permission to make false accusations and act vigilante...

She should have used information and education as her weapons, not a baseball bat...

Or maybe just protected her kids. Inform them, communicate with them, be a good example. Don't go whacko with a weapon.

We saw something similar a couple years ago--a 'sex offender' moved on base. He was convicted of having sex with a minor. He was labeled, did his time, and got out of prison and MARRIED THE GIRL. He was classed as a sexual predator for having consensual sex with his girlfriend, who was under age at the time.

Without knowing any of the above details, there were women screaming bloody murder at the base for 'allowing' this family to move on base.

Not to say that sex crimes aren't bad, but have we learned nothing from Hawthorne?

It's confusing because there are kids in that neighborhood and this guy is a known sex offender, which means he can do it again... but then there are other b*****ds who have not yet been caught. Bottom line, you just need to be careful.

There, I fixed it for you...

I know it's icky to think of a sex offender living in your neighbourhood, but the law is the law. You can't run around whacking people with a baseball bat for the terrible things they did in the past! If you could, I'd be batting a thousand with my ex-husband.