Posted by
Bob Beers on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:23:13 PM
A child pornography operation in the Las Vegas Valley was finally dealt a serious blow the other day when police arrested nine men involved in the photographing and distribution of that disgusting material.
Terry Ziegler, Tom Krattenmaker, Paul Smith, Michael Ward, Juan Vega, Hector Gonzalez, Daniel Combes, and Anthony Flores were the ones arrested. The men lived and operated their ring in both Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. Hoping to keep the level of public anxiety down, the police administration went on to deliver the usual big lie: "after discovering the images and videos on the suspects' computers, police said Tuesday they want to ensure the public that there are no additional victims within the Las Vegas Valley. "
Right, and no one gambles or smokes in Las Vegas either. A close read of the story will show that only those holding copies of the porn were arrested. They still have not gotten a hold onto the ones doing the filming, or did these videos just appear by magic? No additional victims? The ones doing the victimizing still have to be found, you idiot!
It is interesting to note that the story was published in the Las Vegas Sun, a left-leaning paper that in many ways is little more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. The Las Vegas Review Journal, the Republican mouthpiece owned by a publisher, of who it has been said has bragged that he staffs his printing facility with mostly cheap illegal alien labor, is silent on the issue. This is because stories that may cast a shadow on the business community in the Las Vegas Valley are typically quashed. Sex is a huge business in Southern Nevada, and illegal sex even more so. The underground trade in human slavery has been estimated to bring in nearly 2 billion a year in untaxed dollars. A fair amount of those dollars find their way to the pockets of those politicians and law enforcement officials willing to look the other way when it comes to little things like human trafficking and child porn.
I have a friend who expereinced the trauma of child abuse in a horrible, personal manner. His name is unimportant to this, but he was subjected to a failed, prepubscent forced castration attempt back in New York for the purpose of keeping his voice from changing. The stage producers of that day didn’t like spending money on child performers and then have their voices deepen. It gave him a very distinctive vocal characteristic. He is one of those people who just cannot sit by when something wrong is being done. It’s too bad so many others don’t feel that way. Over a year ago, he noticed signs of something “hinkey” going on in his condo community. Because of his theater and film background, and the fact that people associated with the company that used to manage his community had aproached him about the possibility of doing voice overs for child porn fims, “kiddie looping”, he recognized the signs. The trouble was, no one in authority, other than my office, was interested in listening. I made some calls, including to the FBI, but the general attitude I got was, “Yeah, we know, but we can’t do anything about it.” Well, after more than a year something has finally been done. I guess he was right.
My friend now has the unique opportunity to say “I told you so”, and be completly right in his estimation. The law enforcement leadership have had to admit he was right. When they were first approached they refused to believe such a disgusting activity was going on. I have news for them, listen to your officers; this isn’t Mayberry RFD. A number of officers who work in both Henderson and Las Vegas have communicated to me their frustration at what politics has done to their jobs. Far too often they have been called off cases because someone near the top has gotten nervous about what could be uncovered. I have to note that the vast majority of police men and women are caring, civic-minded people who only want to do their jobs and they are frustrated beyond description with the status quo. It will be interesting to find out who these nine name as their contacts in the child porn industry, if the officers involved are allowed to ask.
A final question; if the police department had listened and investigated from the first warning, how many children would have been saved from the trauma and abuse they must have suffered?