Cook County, IL is aggressively targeting those who use prostitutes by posing as hookers to trick them into committing a crime. Of course, it’s not trickery when cops do it.
Cook county Sheriff Thomas J. Dart unveiled two new billboards on Mannheim Road near O’Hare Sunday, the Sun-Times reports.
The latest tool in the sheriff’s fight to stop prostitution read: “Chances are, the woman you are about to pick up works for us.
Expect to pay $2,150” and “Dear John, if you’re here to solicit sex, it could cost you $2,150. We’re teaming up to bust you.”
Cool. Now when you drive by someone you think might be a hooker on the street, you can point her out to the kids. “Look kids! A cop.” Who knows, that knowledge could be helpful someday when your kid needs a cop. Who says they’re never around when you need one? You just need to know what they look like.
Of course, the big shift from arresting prostitutes to arresting their customers is largely the feminist contribution to the war on prostitution. It’s difficult to claim to be campaigning for women’s rights when when you’re actively supporting the criminalization of what many women do as a profession. To the feminist mind, women’s movement is less about freedom and more about targeting men as exploitative, as if women are mindless putty in their hands (a stunningly insulting position on its face).
The money collected from the fines is given to the Department of Women’s Justice Services. There’s nothing unjust about that since, as everyone knows, if it weren’t for men wanting sex, women wouldn’t be pressured into selling it to them. You know, the same way rock stars are shamefully exploited by those who have a desire for rock music.
“This is not just a one-time sweep,” Dart told the paper. “We’re waging a war on prostitution and want to make it incredibly difficult for every aspect of it to operate here.
Well, at least he’s honest. What could be more effective in fighting crime than waging a war on consenting adults who simply wish to have sex on terms they both agree to?