Pubdate: Sun, 19 Mar 2006
Source: Peoria Journal Star (IL)
Copyright: 2006sPeoria Journal Star
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Author:  Jack Baize

SHAMING NECESSARY TO STOP PROSTITUTION

I have heard a considerable amount of complaining regarding the 
methods Peoria's chief of police is using to combat prostitution.

A March 9 editorial suggests that the chief is violating an 
individual's rights by having a name and picture publicized. I'm 
curious: isn't that what the newspaper and television media do when 
they run an article about someone being arrested for a crime? Those 
stories seem to continue to run, and sometimes those people are 
acquitted in the end. Is this not the same thing?

When the public reads or hears the story, an impression is formed. If 
I get arrested for DUI and I don't like people talking about it, 
embarrassing my family, then maybe I should not have tried to drive 
drunk in the first place.

People must ask themselves one question: Do I not want prostitution 
to be curtailed, or am I afraid of whose picture I might see next?

Jack Baize

Peoria