This man never would have killed himself if he wasn’t guilty. Therefore I think we should all be thankful to NBC for saving tax dollars on trials and possible prison time.
Don’t get me wrong, as I hate NBC as they are owned by GE, who promulgates Global Warming lies to market their products.
As much as I hate the liberal media, unfortunately this lawsuit has no constitutional grounds, and therefore must not continue.
I don’t hear anybody screaming about Al Sharpton interjecting himself into investigations to get publicity. I don’t hear anybody screaming about an attorney holding a press conference to announce a suit. But when the tables are turned someone in a position of influence gets snared, they whine like little kids. The door swings both ways. Sandra hit it right on the nose……….the guy took the cowardly way out because HE GOT CAUGHT.
This guy was an attorney, an officer of the court, and should be held to a higher standard by virtue of the oath he took. No laws were broken. While NBC might have been over-zealous, they went after the “big fish” to show nobody, regardless of position, is beyond the law.
He had his due process violated and NBC contributed to his suicide. Even criminals have rights under the constitution (as much as it pains me to say this).
What a bunch of crap! NBC didn’t pull the trigger on this guy did they? I am not a fan of NBC but this is a frivolous law suit. The kind of law suit that is hurting our society and justice system. People don’t want to be responsible for their own actions in today’s world.
Eli, have you actually read any of the information on this case? They did nothing to break the law? Maybe you should do a nice google search on this. There is a great article by Esquire on this that changed my mind after reading it. NBC forced the hand of the law enforcement by interjecting themselves into a CRIMINAL investigation. They caused the law officers to make a rash decision to send in SWAT after this guy (after they had stalked him outside his house for hours on end) and it contributed to his suicide. If he was actually a pedophile, I would say there is really no loss here; however, NBC must know it is not above the law in these matters. They are a TV station, not judge, jury, and executioner.
Dustin,
I agree with your statements. Note that the issue here is not the man’s guilt. That’s not what the lawsuit is about. Rather, the issue is simply this: Did NBC’s actions contribute in any way to the man’s death? I think the evidence shows a high degree of likelihood that the answer to that question is yes.
And I propose that there is an even bigger issue here. And I note it’s my turn to say many will disagree with me, but I’ll take a chance here: Lust is a strong emotion. It has caused men to fall throughout recorded history (remember Samson and Delilah). It bothers me that NBC and police are enticing men to go even farther down the lust road by agreeing to meet. My point is that it’s not too late to back up and get counseling when the lust is still just an “urge”. It’s when it becomes acted upon or attempted to be acted upon when it becomes a crime. And, there are other innocent victims too. When NBC broadcasts a man’s name on TV, the network is also humiliating the man’s family…his wife…his children. And they completely innocent victims. Just my thoughts…
Thanks, Bob. I agree that the show goes down a slippery entrapment slope. The Murphy DA also dimsissed all charges against those netted in the whole sting operation when the man was killed due to errors. That is one thing I don’t like about the show, is that most of the time the people aren’t even prosecuted because of some error or entrapment.
It’s called crossing the line of responsible journalism. They saw the potential in this particular arrest and their shark frenzy took over. Now if no one minds that we kill all suspected pedophiles, that’s one thing. If everyone is presumed innocent until a judge or jury finds them guilty, that would be another thing. Showing your arrest on national television might bring out some emotional responses in all of us whatever the charge. Too bad they didn’t get his suicide on tape.
remember, this is the same network that rigged a GM pickup truck to catch fire and explode because they wanted to report on allegations of GM trucks being fire prone…they rigged it so they could report the ‘news’.
Sound familiar???
The ‘catch a predator’ theme is sickening, while they may do some good with some of these, I do often wonder if some may be lured improperly, and in doing so ruin their lives.
I don’t know, there is no room for a pedophile, but we don’t know of the guilt angle. Suicide does not indicated guilt; many innocents over the years have committed suicide to avoid the further embarrassement, or even financial burdens, to their families.
This sounds like another case of NBC trying to ‘make news’ rather than report it. As someone else has pointed out, their parent company is positioning itself to make billions by buying in and perpetuating the global warming story (and making news by doing it).
No winners here; the victims (if he was guilty) are still victiims…
the family has lost a loved one…
in perpetuating their self induced ‘sting’, NBC is doing a fair job of educating would be pedophiles to watch out for their tactics, which may make it harder for law enforcement to do the same thing. I’m all for getting the creeps off the streets, but we shouldn’t interfere with law enforcement, and that’s what it sounds like here.
I agree with Sandra. Any person who shows up to a house where he thinks he might have sexual relations with a teenager, needs to be exposed!! Did you see the episode where the man shows up with his little son & Dateline caught him! What was he thinking!
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This man never would have killed himself if he wasn’t guilty. Therefore I think we should all be thankful to NBC for saving tax dollars on trials and possible prison time.
Don’t get me wrong, as I hate NBC as they are owned by GE, who promulgates Global Warming lies to market their products.
As much as I hate the liberal media, unfortunately this lawsuit has no constitutional grounds, and therefore must not continue.
I don’t hear anybody screaming about Al Sharpton interjecting himself into investigations to get publicity. I don’t hear anybody screaming about an attorney holding a press conference to announce a suit. But when the tables are turned someone in a position of influence gets snared, they whine like little kids. The door swings both ways. Sandra hit it right on the nose……….the guy took the cowardly way out because HE GOT CAUGHT.
This guy was an attorney, an officer of the court, and should be held to a higher standard by virtue of the oath he took. No laws were broken. While NBC might have been over-zealous, they went after the “big fish” to show nobody, regardless of position, is beyond the law.
He had his due process violated and NBC contributed to his suicide. Even criminals have rights under the constitution (as much as it pains me to say this).
What a bunch of crap! NBC didn’t pull the trigger on this guy did they? I am not a fan of NBC but this is a frivolous law suit. The kind of law suit that is hurting our society and justice system. People don’t want to be responsible for their own actions in today’s world.
Eli, have you actually read any of the information on this case? They did nothing to break the law? Maybe you should do a nice google search on this. There is a great article by Esquire on this that changed my mind after reading it. NBC forced the hand of the law enforcement by interjecting themselves into a CRIMINAL investigation. They caused the law officers to make a rash decision to send in SWAT after this guy (after they had stalked him outside his house for hours on end) and it contributed to his suicide. If he was actually a pedophile, I would say there is really no loss here; however, NBC must know it is not above the law in these matters. They are a TV station, not judge, jury, and executioner.
Dustin,
I agree with your statements. Note that the issue here is not the man’s guilt. That’s not what the lawsuit is about. Rather, the issue is simply this: Did NBC’s actions contribute in any way to the man’s death? I think the evidence shows a high degree of likelihood that the answer to that question is yes.
And I propose that there is an even bigger issue here. And I note it’s my turn to say many will disagree with me, but I’ll take a chance here: Lust is a strong emotion. It has caused men to fall throughout recorded history (remember Samson and Delilah). It bothers me that NBC and police are enticing men to go even farther down the lust road by agreeing to meet. My point is that it’s not too late to back up and get counseling when the lust is still just an “urge”. It’s when it becomes acted upon or attempted to be acted upon when it becomes a crime. And, there are other innocent victims too. When NBC broadcasts a man’s name on TV, the network is also humiliating the man’s family…his wife…his children. And they completely innocent victims. Just my thoughts…
Thanks, Bob. I agree that the show goes down a slippery entrapment slope. The Murphy DA also dimsissed all charges against those netted in the whole sting operation when the man was killed due to errors. That is one thing I don’t like about the show, is that most of the time the people aren’t even prosecuted because of some error or entrapment.
It’s called crossing the line of responsible journalism. They saw the potential in this particular arrest and their shark frenzy took over. Now if no one minds that we kill all suspected pedophiles, that’s one thing. If everyone is presumed innocent until a judge or jury finds them guilty, that would be another thing. Showing your arrest on national television might bring out some emotional responses in all of us whatever the charge. Too bad they didn’t get his suicide on tape.
remember, this is the same network that rigged a GM pickup truck to catch fire and explode because they wanted to report on allegations of GM trucks being fire prone…they rigged it so they could report the ‘news’.
Sound familiar???
The ‘catch a predator’ theme is sickening, while they may do some good with some of these, I do often wonder if some may be lured improperly, and in doing so ruin their lives.
I don’t know, there is no room for a pedophile, but we don’t know of the guilt angle. Suicide does not indicated guilt; many innocents over the years have committed suicide to avoid the further embarrassement, or even financial burdens, to their families.
This sounds like another case of NBC trying to ‘make news’ rather than report it. As someone else has pointed out, their parent company is positioning itself to make billions by buying in and perpetuating the global warming story (and making news by doing it).
No winners here; the victims (if he was guilty) are still victiims…
the family has lost a loved one…
in perpetuating their self induced ‘sting’, NBC is doing a fair job of educating would be pedophiles to watch out for their tactics, which may make it harder for law enforcement to do the same thing. I’m all for getting the creeps off the streets, but we shouldn’t interfere with law enforcement, and that’s what it sounds like here.
I agree with Sandra. Any person who shows up to a house where he thinks he might have sexual relations with a teenager, needs to be exposed!! Did you see the episode where the man shows up with his little son & Dateline caught him! What was he thinking!