A Stalker Has Constitional Rights!

Stalkers. I don't know about you but I hate stalkers. I'll be honest, I don't know much about stalking laws but I do know that they're not readily enforced because it is a relatively new activity and as it stands, stalking is not harmful, dangerous, or legally, not a crime to follow someone without harmful intent as the laws are now written.

As we all know, stalking and following or appearing periodically at the same place for purpose of observing or intimidation cannot be defined as threatening or endangering by any current definition  of current laws. It is well known that stalking could cause serious psychological and emotional damage, but while a textbook definition of a stalker could by current laws, defined as anyone who happens to appear regularly or at random places, could just as easily be defined as someone who has a similar schedule or route as yours everyday. The stalker's defense could just as easily be that he has a similar schedule as yours and works or lives near by and presence be justified be simply defined as happenstance.

I bring this topic of stalkers because I recently did a home presentation for a high school friend I had not seen in many years. I happened to run into her while jogging at a park and we had a good conversation while reminiscing. As we continued, we wound up at the topic of my security service and I eventually wound up doing a presentation at her home with only three of her friends present. While I normally don't do presentations with less that six guests, I made an exception for Leonor. (I've always like that name), I must mention that I did the presentation without any of the security products I normally have for sale.

After I made the presentation, I received very good input and information from the three women guests. The second guest, whom I'll call Cassy, (because I like that name), gave me some great insight into her problem with some creep who seemed to appear wherever she went. He always seemed to be at the same store she was at, behind her in traffic, driving down her street, etc. Although she reported her experience to the local police, they told her that there was nothing they could do because the "citizen" had not broken any laws.  While that was technically true, they were aware that he was stalking her but had their enforcement hands tied and unable to do anything without violating his constitutional rights.

The first guest, whom I'll call Nicki because I also like that name, told me about the time she was jogging and was approached by a another female jogger who attempted to stop her to ask her for directions to a certain park. She found it suspicious that the female jogger was wearing a local high school football team shirt but didn't know where a well known park was. She also noticed a tall male wearing green shorts and a San Antonio Spurs jersey behind her. She played dumb and ran off. Later, she heard from an acquaintance that the same question had been asked from her by a female jogger and a tall man wearing the identical clothing described in her incident!

The third guest whom I'll call Consuela because I don't like that name, told me about the time she went to the grocery store and a older gentleman approached her in the parking lot and offered to help her load her grocery bags into her car. Although she was a little reluctant, she agreed and the stranger helped load her groceries, wished her well, bid her good night and walked away.

So what's the point of this post? Well, first off, the first two incidents sounded very suspicious because the first case demonstrated that the perpetrator was clever enough to know the legal limits of his actions without being accused of anything, yet accomplishing his goals. The second seemed like a setup for some type of mugging. The third, resulted in a random act of kindness, or as I refer to it, human interaction.

So what's my take on these three incidents? In the first two incidents, the potential victims were OBSERVANT. Cassie was observant in the way that she was cognizant of her surroundings at all times. She noticed that the creep appeared to be wherever she was because she took notice of her surrounding and noticed an anomaly, something out of the ordinary. She took action as she notified police. Even though the police didn't take any action, the incidents were documented in case any later proof was ever needed in the futuer.

Nicki was OBSERVANT in that she saw the female jogger who was wearing a local school shirt but was asking for a well known local landmark but was quick enough to ask if the jogger knew the city while she formulated a quick egress plan. But, she also took the time to look around and noticed the male jogger behind her and got his description. This may have been a  mugging scheme.

Consuela was a victim of a human act of simple human interaction. I believe Consuela was paranoid because she had lost confidence in humanity and she had become suspicious of everyone and changed her mentality towards being a victim.

My take? There are those who will take advantage of you at every turn but, you will only be taken advantage if you know how it's done. You'll never know if you;re being set up if you don't know your enemy. When yo're ready to learn about your enemy and learn how to defend yourself against him, come here and educate yourself in the new times!

This is a new world and you must keep up with new knowledge to survive or they will run you over with your ignorance.

Dave.

Note: Although I don't normally deal with stalking, it is a violation I STRONGLY despise, I will do more research and advise on in later posts. Please note the words in BOLD lettering in the post.