Dairy State Degenerates

     Suring, Wisconsin, is a small town, population 489. There's one school, a general store, a gas station, and probably more bars per capita than people. There's also no doubt that this is Trump country, with the largest flag or banner in the town a crude one with black paint on white cloth that declares Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, the equivalent of Hitler for his support of abortion rights and institution of public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that's just after the bus retrofitted to say "Trump Train" lying abandoned in a field. All of this in an area not much bigger than a football field. This town, however, has some dark secrets.      There are more than two dozen sex offenders who live in Suring, a rate of five percent of the total population, or five times the national average. The newest member of this disgusting club is John E. Fredenburgh, 37. From October 2020 to February 2021, this village trustee was employed as a substitute

     Madison, Indiana, is probably the most perfect location in the United States to conduct a sting designed to arrest grown men who attempt to solicit 14-year-old girls online. Located directly on the border of Indiana and Kentucky, it is virtually equidistant from Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati, attracting a wide variety of men looking to prey on children. The Madison Police Department's Operation Predator Net, which took a break for a number of months but will soon be relaunched, led to the arrest of 20 individuals for felony sex crimes against children. So far, more than a dozen have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial, and the men sentenced so far have gotten some of the stiffest sentences handed out anywhere in the country: James McGill of Jackson County, Indiana, already a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 28 years in prison after being found guilty of child solicitation and attempted sexual misconduct with a minor. Curtis James Imlay, of Medora, Ind

     Things have certainly changed since the days of "To Catch A Predator." No longer can a team of volunteers working in collaboration with law enforcement attract 40 or 50 people to a sting house over the course of a few days via chatrooms. There are far more apps ranging from dating and hookups apps to video games and social networking sites; on top of this, technology has made it more difficult for law enforcement seeking to cut predators off at the pass, before they strike a real child, to catch these men (and women). However, the other result of this is that most of the people who are caught are not simpletons who got desperate. No, virtually all of these arrests are veteran sex offenders who leave a trail of victims. Whether it is through viewing child sexual abuse material, molesting children, or enticing them via the internet, it is all human trafficking, and it is estimated that a single human trafficking arrest can save as many as 25 minor victims.      My "Ph