Topic: children were removed from their home, for an entire month!
xCoyoteGirlx's photo
Mon 09/21/09 11:39 PM
Today's moment-of-pause has been brought to you by Wal-Mart and the city of Peoria, Az. Apparently, some photo-clerk vigilante, diligently on the lookout for child pornography, saw photos of kids during bath time and decided to call the cops, according to a story on Good Morning America.

Next thing the parents of these kids knew, the children were removed from their home. For an entire month. Mom got suspended from her job for a year and both -- Anthony and Lisa Demaree -- were added to a list of sex offenders. The judge in the case said the pix were harmless.

"I don't understand it at all," Anthony Demaree told GMA, with his wife by his side. "Ninety, 95 percent of the families out there in America have these exact same photos."

Now they've got another shot to take. This time it's directed at Wal-Mart and their hometown.

Do you think the clerk and the police did the right thing?

msharmony's photo
Mon 09/21/09 11:43 PM
They tell us its always best to err on the side of safety. however, considering how SERIOUSLY people treat others labeled as sex offender and how much CRAP they get for the label, it is scary that something this minor could cause one to have to live with being called an offender.

southern_bee's photo
Mon 09/21/09 11:43 PM
no i think the clerk who probably doesn't have kids goes by the term all skin is sin mantra..the clerk ruined this family's life

Ladylid2012's photo
Tue 09/22/09 12:04 AM

Today's moment-of-pause has been brought to you by Wal-Mart and the city of Peoria, Az. Apparently, some photo-clerk vigilante, diligently on the lookout for child pornography, saw photos of kids during bath time and decided to call the cops, according to a story on Good Morning America.

Next thing the parents of these kids knew, the children were removed from their home. For an entire month. Mom got suspended from her job for a year and both -- Anthony and Lisa Demaree -- were added to a list of sex offenders. The judge in the case said the pix were harmless.

"I don't understand it at all," Anthony Demaree told GMA, with his wife by his side. "Ninety, 95 percent of the families out there in America have these exact same photos."

Now they've got another shot to take. This time it's directed at Wal-Mart and their hometown.

Do you think the clerk and the police did the right thing?



How did they end up having to register as sex offenders if the judge said the pictures were harmless..

tohyup's photo
Tue 09/22/09 03:15 AM
I think Wal Mart and its staff did the right thing . The problems if any arose from the police and the children protection agency .
When you suspect a crime you call the cops and the rst is out of your hand .flowerforyou .The clerk in neither a cop nor an investigator .

no photo
Tue 09/22/09 03:20 AM

I think Wal Mart and its staff did the right thing . The problems if any arose from the police and the children protection agency .
When you suspect a crime you call the cops and the rst is out of your hand .flowerforyou .The clerk in neither a cop nor an investigator .


Exactly. And, unfortunately, many of these "innocent" pictures aren't so innocent. But, if there was truly no merit and the judge did say they were harmless, they shouldn't have to register as sex offenders. That is something that is done only AFTER you are CONVICTED of a sex offense. If they have to register, the must have been convicted. I think there's more here than has been reported.

cashu's photo
Wed 09/23/09 10:14 PM

Today's moment-of-pause has been brought to you by Wal-Mart and the city of Peoria, Az. Apparently, some photo-clerk vigilante, diligently on the lookout for child pornography, saw photos of kids during bath time and decided to call the cops, according to a story on Good Morning America.

Next thing the parents of these kids knew, the children were removed from their home. For an entire month. Mom got suspended from her job for a year and both -- Anthony and Lisa Demaree -- were added to a list of sex offenders. The judge in the case said the pix were harmless.

"I don't understand it at all," Anthony Demaree told GMA, with his wife by his side. "Ninety, 95 percent of the families out there in America have these exact same photos."

Now they've got another shot to take. This time it's directed at Wal-Mart and their hometown.

Do you think the clerk and the police did the right thing?


how did all these freaks get in the court system ..

heavenlyboy34's photo
Wed 09/23/09 10:19 PM

Today's moment-of-pause has been brought to you by Wal-Mart and the city of Peoria, Az. Apparently, some photo-clerk vigilante, diligently on the lookout for child pornography, saw photos of kids during bath time and decided to call the cops, according to a story on Good Morning America.

Next thing the parents of these kids knew, the children were removed from their home. For an entire month. Mom got suspended from her job for a year and both -- Anthony and Lisa Demaree -- were added to a list of sex offenders. The judge in the case said the pix were harmless.

"I don't understand it at all," Anthony Demaree told GMA, with his wife by his side. "Ninety, 95 percent of the families out there in America have these exact same photos."

Now they've got another shot to take. This time it's directed at Wal-Mart and their hometown.

Do you think the clerk and the police did the right thing?



The clerk was in the wrong to do what he did. This was in the local news for a while, FYI.

tohyup's photo
Thu 09/24/09 03:07 AM
The clerk is not the one who investigates and apprehends children . It is the work of the police and the Children's protection agencies . I see no merit in the law suit launched against Wal* Mart . The clerk and therefore Wal * Mart did the right thing . If the case had flaws and no substance it was the work of the Children's protection agency's lawyers to stop it i the first place . Since the issues reached the court then there must be some real problems to deal with .
flowerforyou flowerforyou .