http://www.freep.com/article/20120229/NEWS03/120229035/southfield-child-pornography-FBI-Facebook

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FBI affidavit: Southfield man made lewd remarks about child pornography on Facebook
1:47 PM, February 29, 2012


A Southfield man is facing charges after posting numerous lewd remarks about child pornography on his Facebook account, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court today.

The FBI is seeking an arrest warrant for Thaddeus McMichael on child pornography charges. According to an FBI agent’s affidavit, he posted comments on Facebook, in some cases mocking disabled children who get molested.

The FBI in Detroit received a tip last June about a Facebook user who was “actively discussing child pornography and methods for downloading pornography from the Internet," according to the affidavit. Comments posted by the user included statements on how to obtain child porn on the Internet, how to encrypt the images on a computer, and statements such as “all cp isn’t rape, Sometimes the kids want it. Most of the time they NEED it,” records show.

In another Facebook post, records show, he wrote: “What if I adopt a little girl? I’m sure she wouldn’t mind becoming my sex slave if I take her away from the orphanage.”

McMichael said the posts were a joke, records show.

The FBI was led to McMichael with the help of Facebook Inc., after the company was issued two subpoenas for subscriber information, records show.

During a search of his Southfield home Feb. 17, federal agents interviewed McMichael and asked him to explain his Facebook account, records show. McMichael confirmed the profile belonged to him, but said many of the posts were a joke.

He is charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

He's probably using the "joke" excuse as his way out. Either way, not funny.

That's what I thought, CeCe. More proof that many people into that kind of stuff want to get caught.

Nasty fuck.

Where there's smoke there's fire and anyone who endorses breaking the law should be examined very closely.

Rainmaker wrote:

Where there's smoke there's fire and anyone who endorses breaking the law should be examined very closely.

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

That's not what our legal justice system is all about. And so far, everyone who's responded to this so far has dropped the ball on these little things called "evidence", "probable cause", "presumption of innocence", "due process", etc! This is the United States of America, not Iran. People can say whatever the hell they want, no matter how gross someone else thinks it is. As long as they are not threatening anybody, that is NOT a crime! This guy was arrested, searched and charged with ZERO evidence of committing any crime. That is RIDICULOUS!

Since when is TALKING about something that is illegal against the law? If I wrote a facebook post about how "I see nothing wrong with distributing marijuana because I think it is a natural drug that isn't any worse than alcohol", does that mean I should be arrested and charged with intent to distribute illegal drugs while the FBI should searches my property? What is this Minority Report? People can now be arrested for what the cops THINK you MIGHT do in the future based on how they interpreted what you said in a facebook post? WHAT THE FUCK?

I don't know if this guy is a pedophile or not. I don't know if he was joking or not. I don't know any of that because he hasn't been convicted of anything and there is no evidence of a crime. And frankly, I don't care because that's all besides the point. The bigger issue I care about is when law enforcement and the government takes it upon itself to search and seize people without evidence. That is some scary shit!

The end of the article says this: He is charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

To me that sounds like they found more than FB posts when they searched his home.

RedBedroom wrote:

The end of the article says this: He is charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.
To me that sounds like they found more than FB posts when they searched his home.

Bingo

Facebook is the devil.

RedBedroom wrote:

The end of the article says this: He is charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

To me that sounds like they found more than FB posts when they searched his home.

Then why didn't the article say that? It said he is facing charges "after posting numerous lewd remarks about child pornography on his Facebook account". Why wouldn't it say that he was facing charges after authorities found child pornography in his possession? Anyone can be "charged" with anything! The police can charge you with conspiracy to engage in terrorist operations based on a misinterpreted conversation you had on Facebook. You can be charged on suspicion alone if there is actually evidence to support that suspicion, but being charged doesn't always mean that the person is actually guilty of anything. That's where due process comes in! And if there was actually evidence to support a charge of "possession of child pornography", then why wouldn't the article mention such evidence? I think if he was actually in possession of child pornography, then the article should have said as much, instead of talking about Facebook posts (which is kind of irrelevant in that case). So, it's either a very badly written article, or bad policing!

May be BUBBA will laugh at his joke?