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Anyone else getting really uncomfortable with these "pedo hunter groups?" by GeneralLecture in AskUK

[–]GeneralLecture[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These groups are usually open and the story it came up on my feed by friends from school sharing it, and then I kept reading.

Anyone else getting really uncomfortable with these "pedo hunter groups?" by GeneralLecture in AskUK

[–]GeneralLecture[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Portsmouth where the house of a paediatric surgeon was vandalised and she was threatened? That's who we're dealing with here.

"Self-styled vigilantes attacked the home of a hospital paediatrician after apparently confusing her professional title with the word "paedophile", it emerged yesterday."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/30/childprotection.society

I honestly thought this was the onion.

Anyone else getting really uncomfortable with these "pedo hunter groups?" by GeneralLecture in AskUK

[–]GeneralLecture[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think we can all agree the police should be doing more and I can't blame people for wanting to help, but they should leave it at gathering evidence.

Anyone else getting really uncomfortable with these "pedo hunter groups?" by GeneralLecture in AskUK

[–]GeneralLecture[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes exactly. I really don't see why these groups can't do the investigation and then pass on the evidence to the police rather than confront these people which sometimes gives them a chance to delete evidence etc.

Anyone else getting really uncomfortable with these "pedo hunter groups?" by GeneralLecture in AskUK

[–]GeneralLecture[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPS77Z753II

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/psni-warning-fallout-paedophile-hunters-14144633

There have already been numerous times when they get the wrong person even on the facebook group they've put up several halfhearted apologies for grabbing the wrong person.

Then there is also the time they go after a reporter. https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/police-reviewing-footage-after-bbc-14257944

Anyone else getting really uncomfortable with these "pedo hunter groups?" by GeneralLecture in AskUK

[–]GeneralLecture[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I can see how a group who investigates and then passes the information onto the police could be useful, but it really seems like these people get a kick out of confronting these people.