Comments on: As city attorney stands his ground, new documents raise questions in Lansing sex sting case

By: mckee_b

mckee_b — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:47:37 +0000

I was wondering if someone could tell me what happened to this case after the state attorney found no violation of the law and closed the case? Has it been dropped or is the issue of invasion of privacy being taken to a higher court?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Beverly McKee

By: ebrayton

ebrayton — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:39:34 +0000

You seem to be stuck in a false dichotomy, Joe. He could be both a public hazard AND a victim. Just like Rodney King could be both a felon and a victim of police brutality. The law is the law, regardless of your moral approval of the person whose rights are violated.

By: ebrayton

ebrayton — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:39:34 +0000

By: cheneygun

cheneygun — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:24:05 +0000

We will have to agree to disagree. It is objective to mention the potential punishment and according to my friend in the non ideological media whom I have ran it by, he agrees.

This fella is not the victim. He is a public hazard.

By: cheneygun

cheneygun — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:57:48 +0000

I understand that, however it makes a person who is wrong on so many different levels the victim. It doesn't mention the legal penalties for sex in public, or potentially endangering others lives if he didn't disclose his status. That would be an objective part of an article of this nature.

By: ebrayton

ebrayton — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:20:42 +0000

That's a rather odd response, Joe. We are a news outlet. Our job is not to lecture private citizens about their moral behavior, it is to be a watchdog on our public officials and their legal behavior. Whatever personal feelings anyone here might have about this man's actions, his legal rights were violated by someone in a position of power. This story is focused precisely where it ought to be.

By: cheneygun

cheneygun — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:46:20 +0000

So this fella with HIV is hooking up with people in a park? You would think someone who has been through this himself would take one second to condemn indecent behavior, whether it be in a park, a rest stop or a bath house.

I think it's a shame that this article focuses on minutia and not the shameful, disgusting, potentially deadly behavior of the man arrested.