This is a weird one…
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Not what you want UH to be in the news for…but those are some very serious allegations. If true, looks like the school did the right thing(?) by suspending him while this is being investigated. Or is it when a person hadn’t been charged ?
Not sure why UHPD issued a BOLO for the
Rosen character, but I’m not clear on what
trespass laws he broke either.
Here is story about Rosen from 7 years ago… https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4ltHW_qUMsc
It’s pretty standard procedure for an employee to be suspended during an investigation.
Hopefully these guys did everything correctly evidence wise to turn it over to law enforcement and secure a conviction.
Okay, I wasn’t aware if that’s SOP absent charges. I guess
if you are suspended, you still have your job and salary pending the investigation.
I kind of have mixed feelings on the Predator Poachers organization. On one hand they are doing a really good thing to
find these types people. On the other hand,
how often do the screw up investigations and who holds them accountable? Lean more to thinking they do more good, absent other data. Still don’t understand the BOLO issued by UH fully.
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Like communism, citizen “vigilante” groups sound like a good idea, but often cause as many problems as they solve. Who is overseeing them? What authority do they have, and who is verifying their evidence?
Especially with the way things spread on social media.
Who wouldn’t want predators taken down? But what safeguards are in place to make sure they have the right guy?
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Yeah, here is another video of Alex Rosen and friends harassing people in stores and on sidewalks over what they wear.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tcap/comments/1lqz9re/chet_goldstein_alex_rosen_of_now_banned_youtube/
As for the UH BOLO charges, I’m guessing
the grounds may be for conducting sting operations on campus ? ?? UHPD is put
in a no win situation here. Could an investigative journalist be banned for conducting an interview on campus ?
Bottom line is Predator Poachers is a citizen vigilante program.
This definitely a case I’d like our legal eagles to comment on the nuances.
Edit - Some background on Alex Rosen.
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It looks like they caused a scene during class which I’m guessing UH didn’t appreciate. That could have been handled differently.
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Yea I mean really disrupting peoples classes with this stuff that you’re commercializing. Absolutely using the University and the setting to add to the drama and draw clicks and more money for himself. He could have confronted this adjunct professor anywhere, he chose to do it here. I have no problem with UHPD or UH in general going after him for that. Especially while they are also suspending the professor and investigating the allegations.
But we really dont want random youtubers showing up to disrupt classes to make money.
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Okay, I thought it said Rosen waited until after class to not disrupt the lecture. If he
disrupted class, it does sound like some type of chargeable offense.
Fwiw, my opinion of him has shifted the other way now.
It looks like he waited until he stopped speaking, not until after class was over and everyone left.
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It’s definitely a case of everyone being wrong. One is a creep and deserves confrontation, but causing a public disturbance, while not as bad, is wrong and fully warranted being hit with a trespass.
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Right, I misread it; he went into the classroom.
I’m also surprised I don’t recall hearing about Predator Poachers before, since it’s a home grown vigilante group.
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Well this might be one of their big splashes to get the name out but then I hadn’t heard of them either but it’s not quite something I look for in my entertainment.