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| Governor Parnell signing sex trafficking bill. |
Experts testifying before a new Alaska task force on sex trafficking said Monday the teenage victims often are too afraid and embarrassed, and sometimes too addicted to drugs, to come forward.
The comments were made at a hearing to address sex trafficking, which authorities say is notoriously underreported. Among the most vulnerable are chronic runaways whose own parents have quit looking for them, said Detective Sgt. Kathy Lacey, who heads the Anchorage Police Department's vice unit.
"Those kids are falling through the cracks," she told the panel.
Jolene Goeden, an FBI special agent in Anchorage who investigates sex crimes, said there have been seven federal prosecutions of human trafficking cases, noting that not all of them were filed as trafficking cases. In the seven cases, 105 trafficking victims were identified.
Recorded conversations with a victim identified as "Heather" also were played. She said her pimp initially was treated her well and told her she would not want for anything, then the relationship deteriorated to the point where she was beaten for being even a dollar short, hogtied and gagged and thrown into an "underground tunnel" for days.
"It was brutal," she said.
The state task force aims to gauge the prevalence of human trafficking and prostitution in Alaska, as well as the services available to help victims. It also plans a December public hearing in Bethel.
Apparently the task force will report its findings to the legislators by January 15th.
I actually don't know how excited any of us should be at the possibility that Todd Palin will be investigated, but I DID send an e-mail to Parnell a while back telling him about Shailey's book, and telling him that if he was serious about really DOING something about this problem he would prove it by bringing Todd in for questioning and talking to Shailey and some of the girls she worked with as well.
I never received a response.
Every time I heard about this issue, I think about Toad Palin.
ReplyDeleteI heard that someone sents Shay's book to all of them? And Parnell?
DeleteI hope this is the start of a crackdown. The end of the Paylin reign of terror!
my my. The governor had to go all the way to Italy to have an epiphany on this. Maybe if he talked with a public health nurse or two, something might dawn on him.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I was thinking.
DeleteAnd enough with the southern governor look with the troopers in the background. Who is this guy Parnell? Sex trafficking has been part of Alaska since I was a little girl, and that was a long freakin' time ago.
ReplyDeleteKeep going, Gryphen! Karma's coming closer for the Queen. Interesting note is that some of the usual suspects at the Sea are now jumping ship the day after the election. They're posting SUCH "heartfelt" comments that it's upsetting the few rabid followers left who'll continue to contribute their pocket lint to Scarah's Botox fund. Now it'll be easier to figure out who was paid "postage money" to promote Palin, IMO.
ReplyDeleteOut of sight, out of mind:
ReplyDeleteSomething that you say which means if you do not hear about or see someone or something for a period of time, you stop thinking about them You'll soon forget about him after he leaves - out of sight, out of mind.
Question: Where is Todd?
DeleteGood try Gryphen but we all know Todd will get away with this. I'm sure he has some compromising evidence on the Alaskan troopers and maybe even Parnell.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if the current governor was a client of Todd then most likely he won't investigate Todd.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that how it works?
President Obama won, Todd is getting back into the news. Not looking like November is a good month for the Palins.
ReplyDeleteWhat could make it worse?
Perhaps one of the Palin girls has to disappear to their auntie's house for 9 months with mono?
Republican rage is still flowing strongly on Fox News. It's a good day.
ReplyDeleteHas Dick Morris hanged himself yet?
ReplyDeleteMany times, with his words. And still, the low-info Repug crowd listens to and agrees with what this diaper-wearing, toe-sucking, prostitute-patronizing scumbag "thinks".
DeleteAlaska I say why stop at investigating Todd for sex trafficking? How about the Full Monty and investigate Babygate, housegate, perdiem gate, Trig Gate, GED Gate, Breaking and Entering Gate, Alaska Film Tax Credit Gate, How Many Kids Does Bristol Has Gate, Birth Certificate Gate, Who Killed Curt Menard Jr Gate, Alaska Dorm Room Gate, Money Laundering Gate, How did Piper get promoted in school gate, Did Sarah graduate college gate, What happened to all the non declared mail and packages and gifts Gov Sarah Palin ran off with without declaring them gate, Who wiped out the Johnston's computer hard drive gate, what happened to the boat the Palin kids partied on gate, Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson cover up gate, ...
ReplyDeleteA guest on NPR put it well this morning: "Dismissing reality is not a way to win an election."
ReplyDeleteKarl Rove: Officially Too Insane Even For Fox News
ReplyDeleteWhat could make November 2012 worse for Sarah Palin?
ReplyDeleteHow about Mark Ballas getting back with his former DWTS partner Shawn Johnson who can dance up a storm and is not lazy?
DeleteOops, I guess I was late with that thought.
Piper is late.
DeleteWillow is late.
DeleteBristol is late again.
DeleteThe entire Michigan college basketball team admits to having their way with Sarah
Delete"Sorry, Mom!" I Forgot to Vote again"
Delete"Mom I'm getting a trial marriage with Bob... I mean Joey Junker"
DeleteHow about Shailey Tripp showing up to the Palin house 7 months pregnant?
DeleteBristol's sex tapes are released?
DeleteTrack's DNA doesn't match Todd's DNA
DeleteHaving Fox say "you're fired".
DeleteLevi admits to fathering Trig
DeleteWe find out who really built the Palin's new two story red house.
DeleteLMAO at ALL the replies!
DeleteTea Party guy sits on the other side of the cubicle. He's been... vocal this morning. Talking about stockpiling guns and whatnot.
ReplyDeleteOh, the glorious schadenfreude. I am loving this. Please, today, never end.
Has anybody cleaned Sarah since she soiled herself last night?
ReplyDeleteWhat was Piper doing outside with the water hose last night?
DeleteI thought I seen somebody jump into the Palin family swimming hole last night?
DeleteMaybe somebody should send the Alaska State Troopers to the Palin house to do a Wellness Check?
ReplyDeleteParnell won't investigate the Palins if Sarah has dirt on Parnell. That's how it works.
ReplyDeleteBaby Face Parnell would never get in bed with the likes of Mr. or Mrs. Palin.
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I heard "Yipppeeee I still have a job for the next four years" coming from Wasilla.
ReplyDeleteWho might that be?
Picture caption:
ReplyDeleteT O D D P A L I N
Okay the warrant is ready.
"Yes Gov Parnell, that looks like the man who approached us to see if we will work for him"
DeleteI hope that's not the Anchorage Police Dept logo on the podium and those aren't APD officers behind Parnell.
ReplyDeleteIf it is then this whole thing is for nothing.
do you hear that rattling, Toad?
ReplyDeleteIt's your balls, uh, "Duuuude".
It's your balls in Sarah's purse
Deletedo you hear that rattling, Toad?
ReplyDeleteIt could be Willow's, Bristol's Piper's and Track's brains making those sounds.
I guess that loss puts an end to Sarah Palin's endorsements and robocalls for the next 20 years.
ReplyDeleteThe Sarah Palin Curse lives!
See Sarah that's how it done. If you have a Servant's Heart you run for public office and you don't quit when the going gets tough or if you find another way to con people. You see your job through and if you believe in what you do and your job is not finished then you run again and the people will re-elect you if you are a good leader.
ReplyDeleteSki-Doo snowmachines has a new flack to promote their crap?
ReplyDeleteWARNING: http://tinyurl.com/b655jjc
but I DID send an e-mail to Parnell a while back telling him about Shailey's book, and telling him that if he was serious about really DOING something about this problem he would prove it by bringing Todd in for questioning and talking to Shailey and some of the girls she worked with as well....
ReplyDeleteIt seems that only some kind of well organized relentless public campaign could ever get any response. The Ak media would ignore protests refuse editorials, letter campaigns until something knocks down their walls.
Whatever it takes don't give up on those kids. Don't give up on putting away those scummy perps.
I hope Alaska isn't like England. Here is what a sex trafficking investigation looks like:
ReplyDelete"Allegations Link Former Margaret Thatcher Aide To Pedophile Ring
In an interview broadcast today, one former resident of a child care home in Wales known for sexual abuse in the 1970s told Channel 4 News that he had seen a young boy driven away in the car of Sir Peter Morrison, who served at the heart of Thatcher's government in the 1980s.
The allegations against Morrison are not exactly new. Late last month one former British politician said he had seen evidence that linked Morrison to the scandal, while another said that Morrison had a penchant for 16-year-old boys (below the age of consent at the time)"
Read here. Read all the links.
www.businessinsider.com/peter-morrison-linked-to-pedophile-ring-2012-11
Signing a bill is a step in the right direction and hopefully will put some teeth into the investigative process. However, it will only be effective if the findings are acted upon and don't wind up in a file cabinet drawer somewhere.
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SO, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SHAILY TRIP?!?!
ReplyDeleteShe's doing some sort of phone sex thing called Dial-a-star.
DeleteAnon 8:35 Liar! Its not phone sex! Fuck you!
DeleteShe was doing dial a star but it isn't phone sex.
Runnin she is find she had to relocate after a fire in her apt. get her kids in school etc.
She is OK!
8:35 AM Phone Sex sounds like a good profession for WILLOW and BRISTOL, since they are unemployed, unwed single Moms. I'm sure that Baldy does not want them working for Todd, since he is off the Radar while the Sex Trafficking Investigation in Alaska is ongoing.
DeleteWhat? No comments from the Palins? How's that PIMP DADDY TODD taking this news? Why so quiet, TOAD?
ReplyDeleteNothing to say, BRISTOL, WILLOW, and Sarah? 'Cat Got Your Tongue'? Sex Trafficking is the subject that you Palins will NEVER address, because you know that TODD is involved. COWARDS!!!
Christ.....
ReplyDeleteIt's a dog and pony show. There ain't no way in hell that Parnell is going to voluntarily "investigate" anything that has to do with the Palins. They own him, and he owes them. To uncover anything in that ant hill would be to uncover a whole host of unethical and probably very illegal activities that Parnell was complicit to. ADP and Mat-Su Valley PD also probably have their own skeletons to protect.
ReplyDeleteNo, I won't believe that we'll see any kind of real sunshine on this issue until the Federal Government brings it to the table.
Dick Tutone has gone Waldo! No one has heard or seen him since DWTS. Rumors are he's undergoing voice therapy to lower his voice a few octaves.
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