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CA - Rip Torn Gets Apology Over Sex Predator Ad

View the article hereTypical political grandstanding. Using sex offenders as their scapegoat to get elected, and someone who isn't even a sex offender, thus breaking the law by using someones photo without their permission. This man should be fired!!06/12/2008Councilman Used Torn's Mug Shot To Portray Generic CriminalCINCINNATI -- A Cincinnati city councilman has publicly apologized to Rip Torn for using his mug shot in a campaign ad on crime.Christopher Monzel (Email) said that a black bar covered Torn's eyes in the television ad. The photo, which was available on Internet sites, came from Torn's 2006 drunken-driving arrest in New York State.Monzel said the ad was meant to show a generic criminal and discuss his efforts to "get sexual predators off the streets" -- and wasn't meant to have anything to do with Torn...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).