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Community Standards?
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But do you get the sense at all when you're making one of these prosecutions that the community is behind you?

No, I don't really know if the community is behind me. I just have to do it based on what we believe the community will accept. And that comes from just talking to people. That comes really from the officers. The detectives have talked to people.




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Why are you after them?

Because of the selling of the material that is really beyond what the community will tolerate. And I think somebody has to stand up for the community, in a sense. I have to at least allow them to see [that] this is what's going on. "Do you think that this is acceptable to your community?" And if a jury tells me "Yes," then so be it. If they tell me "No," then let's see where that really goes.





Excuse me, living on a different continent I have to ask this question. Is "what we believe the community wants", based on "what officers hear from people", really a solid foundation for legal action by law enforcement authorities in the U.S.? Amazing... Unbelievable...