Oakland is going to have pictures of Johns on billboards.

[Penthouse Tony]

'Hey! Isn't that Dad up on that billboard?'

Fri Jun 3, 7:35 AM ET

People who solicit prostitutes in Oakland, California, could find their faces plastered on billboards under a new shaming program that one civil rights group calls bad public policy.

The city of 400,000 across the bay from San Francisco started putting up billboards on Wednesday showing men arrested for soliciting sex. Other signs invite prostitutes to quit by calling a help line.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050603/...sex_oakland_dc

[pr0]

must be high levels of HIV being transmitted in the area

[opflix]

stop it... right now

[Penthouse Tony]

It's silly that child molesters get more privacy than would-be Johns.

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

The pimps in Oakland should rent billboard space and post photos of some of the cops dressed up as hookers to entrap johns, as well as photos of cops who are clients (or cops who coerce hookers into free sex while on-duty).

Mustn't forget all of the politicians and church folk who are paying customers too.

BTW, a few days ago a story broke about the son of the Oakland City Council President (and front runner in the Mayor's race), who was busted for allegedly raping two women (including a 15 year-old girl):

Politician's Son Charged With Raping Two Women
May 3 (BCN) ? Oakland City Council president Ignacio De La Fuente, who many consider to be the city's mayoral-race frontrunner, had a difficult day today as his son was arraigned on charges that he raped two women.

At a brief hearing in Alameda County Superior Court, Judge Winifred Smith ordered Ignacio Rafael De La Fuente Jr., 32, to stay away from his two alleged victims, a 15-year-old girl and another unnamed woman.

De La Fuente Jr. is charged with two counts of forcible rape.

In an unusual legal move, Smith issued a gag order barring the attorneys in the case from talking to the news media.

Gag orders are only rarely issued at a defendant's initial court appearance. When they are granted, it's usually before a defendant's trial.

The gag order was requested by Jesse Garcia, the attorney for De La Fuente Jr.

Garcia didn't state any reason for requesting the gag order and Smith didn't state any reason for granting it.

De La Fuente Jr., shackled and dressed in a black suit and a blue shirt at today's hearing, was ordered to remain in custody without bail and return to court Friday for a bail hearing.

His father, De La Fuente Sr., attended today's hearing. Afterward, he said, "We love our son and we want to let justice move on."

Accompanied by Garcia, De La Fuente Jr. turned himself in to Oakland police shortly after midnight Friday, according to Lt. Mike Yoell, commander of the special victims unit.

Yoell said on Friday that De La Fuente Jr. was being held on suspicion of forcible rape and kidnapping for an incident from on April 16 in Oakland's Fruitvale District, the area represented by his father.

Physical evidence linked De La Fuente Jr. to the 15-year-old, Yoell said.

At a news conference on Friday, De La Fuente Sr. said his son lives in Redwood City, was married at one time but is now divorced.

Many Oakland political observers consider De La Fuente Sr. to be the leading candidate for mayor of Oakland in next year's election because he's endorsed by current Mayor Jerry Brown, City Council members Jane Brunner, Jean Quan, Larry Reid and Henry Chang, the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, the Oakland Police Officers Association, Firefighters Union Local 55 and several churches.

Legalize prostitution and make it safe.

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[Spunky]

That's really going to go over well..make it more underground and hit up the escorts more

[DateDoc]

They need to take the money they are spendin on billboards and hire more cops as the crime rate in that city just seems to grow and grow.

[Terry]

Thats just crazy!!!

[pocketkangaroo]

It's silly that child molesters get more privacy than would-be Johns.

Well said. We are worried about some guy looking to get off with a prostitute who needs the money. Meanwhile, perverts are raping and murdering kids. Nice priorities Oakland.

[opflix]

That's really going to go over well..make it more underground and hit up the escorts more

fuck it, come to thailand where its legal... y the fuck are people going to jail for selling their own pussy???



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