Advocating for National Legislation to eradicate private mug shot companies

Advocating for National Legislation to eradicate private mug shot companies

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December 12, 2013
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This petition had 244 supporters

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Started by Sophia Andrade

Private mug shot companies have become the hottest online money making racket popping up all across the Internet, and claiming they are providing a public service.  The truth is, they would care less about public service and are in it for the money.  There are hundreds of these companies that download arrests mug shots every day from  law enforcement sites free of charge, upload these images to their sites, and then advertise each mug shot, promising each arrest (innocent or guilty) that their image will be removed from publication for a fee (usually thousands of dollars; collectively).  Some of these companies are in the United States and others operating offshore.  Some of these owners are operating companies under different names.  This means that the same victim will pay the same owner over and over again for removing the same mug shot from numerous and different websites. Extortion in its heights!

I have experienced personal trauma, injustice, humiliation, and depression, and know that there are many people in my position, and some too afraid to speak up.  Private mug shot companies are ripping family lives apart emotionally and financially.  Please see some of the victim’s stories on my blog: http://reclaimourdignity.wordpress.com/.  We all know a picture is worth a thousand words, don’t allow someone else to manipulate and vilify the innocent.  Since 2013, the mug shot companies are in violation of Georgia’s laws.  Clearly, it’s about the money and nothing to do with public service.

 It’s proven that not everyone that gets arrested is guilty, and unfortunately, these private mug shot companies don’t care if you are innocent, vindicated, or have already paid your debt to society for that matter. You are held hostage on their website eternally for a fee; while the innocent/vindicated are let vilified, stigmatized, and unable to find employment to feed their families.  This allows further handout from our already overextended welfare system.  When anything or anyone threatens the moral fiber of our society, it needs to be eradicated.  We need Congress to step in and protect our Nation from unscrupulous persons hiding behind private mug shot companies.   Allow our law enforcement system to maintain our records and keep control of our human rights.  No one person should ever have so much control of one’s life when slavery has been abolished years ago.  I ask for your support for the many, many victims across our Great Nation.  

Injustice is everyone’s business.  Stand and fight with us @ www.reclaimourdignity.org and help to reclaim our dignity.

 

 

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