I was thinking of York Region LE. Hate to say this but it seems time for another MP bust in York. Got to show the civilians that they are protecting society, you know.
Another Teacher Arrested
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I was thinking of York Region LE. Hate to say this but it seems time for another MP bust in York. Got to show the civilians that they are protecting society, you know.
LE and the media is really coming under scrutiny for how they (mis)handled 
this case. The Toronto Star even incorrectly reported that he was charged with sexual assault (not true) a much more serious charge. Even if one is innocent, any kind of sexual charge can ruin your life.
this case. The Toronto Star even incorrectly reported that he was charged with sexual assault (not true) a much more serious charge. Even if one is innocent, any kind of sexual charge can ruin your life.There is no link between pedophilia and homosexuality. The vast majority of diddlers are heterosexual.
Having been falsely accused, and having the charges withdrawn only after the crown witnesses testified, let me tell you, it is a difficult thing to overcome.
As we can see on TERB, most people automatically assume that the police would not have charged you unless you deserved it. Most of my "friends" suddenly became to busy to see me and it was only after the court date that a number of them said that they "knew all along I would be found not guilty". Even my own mother assumed that I was guilty and turned to her bridge club ladies for support, wondering where she had gone wrong.
Even if found innocent, that guy would always have an arrest record for a sexual crime. A record that any police agency in North America would have access to. Cops don't treat someone found not guilty as being innocent, they treat them as having fooled the court system.
Guilty or innocent, I can understand why this guy chose to commit suicide. Just too bad he had to fuck up the transit schedule.
The outpouring of grief, sympathy and anger at LE and the media by his students means that this man who died far too young did do something right in his life.
I went on a vacation with my parents when I was 5 and my brother 3. We went skinny dipping and my mom took movies of us jumping off the houseboat and generally swimming having a good time.
Quite frankly, I don't see anything wrong with pictures of children naked, but there has to be context. There is a huge difference between a father or mother taking picts of the kids in the bathtub (I'm sure my mother has a couple of those in the attic somewhere), and pictures of a child in sexual poses.
If you see a picture of a naked 9 year old and get wood or have sexual thoughts, you have problems. If you see the same pictures and think "cute kid", you are probably in a zone where you are comfortable with your sexuality and the fact that nude does not always mean sexual.
You were one of the lucky ones. All we need is to look at Donald Marshall, Guy Paul Morin, Steven Truscott and on and on.
Maybe kids shouldn't be naked when their parents are giving them a bath.
That is what i think it will be coming to sadly. I am just waiting for a parent to get charged for giving their child fast food or too many sweets during holidays.
Cops still investigating teacher
The investigation into camp counsellor and local high school teacher David Dewees continues, even after he took his own life, police said yesterday.
"There's children out there that might need some sort of counselling," Toronto Police Det. Bill McGarry said. "We really don't know what we're facing until we reach those kids."
Dewees was arrested Thursday on charges of luring and invitation to sexual touching after allegations surfaced involving e-mails sent to two teenaged boys he had met while volunteering as a counsellor at Ontario Pioneer Camp near Huntsville.
The 32-year-old Jarvis Collegiate Institute teacher was released on $25,000 bail before jumping in front of a train at High Park subway station Saturday.
Hours after Dewees was arrested at his west-end home, McGarry appealed to other potential victims to come forward. Dewees' picture was released, as well as several e-mail addresses he used.
Since Dewees' death, several of his students and colleagues have expressed anger over the media coverage his charges received -- coverage that was, compared to similar sex crimes investigations, standard.
"To think that all this media hype drove an innocent man to an early grave before he had a chance to prove his innocence!" wrote a man who identified himself as a former camp colleague.
More than 100 students gathered at High Park subway station yesterday to hold a vigil for their teacher.
With bouquets of flowers and signs that blamed the news coverage for his death, many students cursed at members of the media who approached them.
Dewees' suicide and the comments that followed are troubling for Karyn Kennedy, executive director of BOOST Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention, which provides services to victims of abuse.
"It's very difficult to come forward when sexual abuse or sexual exploitation has happened. It takes a lot of courage. And for a victim to come forward and then have something like this happen, which is a tragedy for everybody, is going to discourage potentially others from coming forward," Kennedy said yesterday.
McGarry wouldn't comment on whether other children have come forward since his appeal, but said, "We're still getting tips. We're actively following up on leads."
"No doubt, maybe he was a great teacher, but that's not what we're dealing with," McGarry added.
"We're dealing with some very serious crimes against children."
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/10/06/11315991-sun.html
The investigation into camp counsellor and local high school teacher David Dewees continues, even after he took his own life, police said yesterday.
"There's children out there that might need some sort of counselling," Toronto Police Det. Bill McGarry said. "We really don't know what we're facing until we reach those kids."
Dewees was arrested Thursday on charges of luring and invitation to sexual touching after allegations surfaced involving e-mails sent to two teenaged boys he had met while volunteering as a counsellor at Ontario Pioneer Camp near Huntsville.
The 32-year-old Jarvis Collegiate Institute teacher was released on $25,000 bail before jumping in front of a train at High Park subway station Saturday.
Hours after Dewees was arrested at his west-end home, McGarry appealed to other potential victims to come forward. Dewees' picture was released, as well as several e-mail addresses he used.
Since Dewees' death, several of his students and colleagues have expressed anger over the media coverage his charges received -- coverage that was, compared to similar sex crimes investigations, standard.
"To think that all this media hype drove an innocent man to an early grave before he had a chance to prove his innocence!" wrote a man who identified himself as a former camp colleague.
More than 100 students gathered at High Park subway station yesterday to hold a vigil for their teacher.
With bouquets of flowers and signs that blamed the news coverage for his death, many students cursed at members of the media who approached them.
Dewees' suicide and the comments that followed are troubling for Karyn Kennedy, executive director of BOOST Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention, which provides services to victims of abuse.
"It's very difficult to come forward when sexual abuse or sexual exploitation has happened. It takes a lot of courage. And for a victim to come forward and then have something like this happen, which is a tragedy for everybody, is going to discourage potentially others from coming forward," Kennedy said yesterday.
McGarry wouldn't comment on whether other children have come forward since his appeal, but said, "We're still getting tips. We're actively following up on leads."
"No doubt, maybe he was a great teacher, but that's not what we're dealing with," McGarry added.
"We're dealing with some very serious crimes against children."
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/10/06/11315991-sun.html
Kya_Jean
Sexually Impowered!
I was going to stay out of it but as someone who knows the family and friends of this man and someone who will be attending the memorial on Friday for support to the family - all I will say is he will now never get his day in court to prove his innocence.
His friends and family are extremely upset at the media yes, but they are also very angry with him. They never wanted his name to go down in history as a pedophile. They all wanted to support him in proving his innocence. The police will do their invesitgation and yet it will never prove his guilt or innocence completely and as everyone here as already shown, most will label him quilty.
Also, it is a person known well to the family and his buddy are the listed "victims". It was not even the 2 "victims" that brought the police involved, it was the camp because by law they had no choice. The camp is not allowed to make any dissision about whether is was criminal, out of context, or anything.
The comment made in the email is completely out of context. Family and friends are sure that once brought to trial, it would have been proven to be out of context as well. That will never happen now. Only being able to assume here, I think that Dave knew he has now been labeled and that label would never go away. Something he could not live with being the type of man he was.
Now clearly I have more information about this then most and I have to do my best to refrain from speaking, but this thread is a clear example of what Dave feared and why he took his own life.
His friends and family are extremely upset at the media yes, but they are also very angry with him. They never wanted his name to go down in history as a pedophile. They all wanted to support him in proving his innocence. The police will do their invesitgation and yet it will never prove his guilt or innocence completely and as everyone here as already shown, most will label him quilty.
Also, it is a person known well to the family and his buddy are the listed "victims". It was not even the 2 "victims" that brought the police involved, it was the camp because by law they had no choice. The camp is not allowed to make any dissision about whether is was criminal, out of context, or anything.
The comment made in the email is completely out of context. Family and friends are sure that once brought to trial, it would have been proven to be out of context as well. That will never happen now. Only being able to assume here, I think that Dave knew he has now been labeled and that label would never go away. Something he could not live with being the type of man he was.
Now clearly I have more information about this then most and I have to do my best to refrain from speaking, but this thread is a clear example of what Dave feared and why he took his own life.
This is what Wal-Mart would say as well.
I was in a shopping centre several weeks ago and heard loud crying from a baby. I went to investigate. It was a young father struggling to take his baby out of the car. He saw me looking at him and I could immediately see his concern that I might report him for child abuse. I made a judgment call that the baby and society would not be well served by calling the police.
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