Police Detective Who Arrested Me in 1992 Has Been Charged with Rape

"ELYRIA — A retired Elyria police officer has been charged with 10 felony sexual assault counts.

Joseph Van Kerkhove, 78, of Grafton, was indicted Nov. 19 by a Lorain County grand jury on six felony counts of rape and four counts of gross sexual imposition. He was served with the charges Tuesday and was being held in the Lorain County Jail on $100,000 cash or surety bond...."

Read the rest in the 12/4/2020 Chronicle-Telegram: https://chroniclet.com/news/243700/retired-elyria-police-officer-charged-with-rape/.

My latest poem, "Judge Marks," featured 10/17 in Winedrunk Sidewalk

I am honored to report that my poem "Judge Marks" is featured today (day 636) in Winedrunk Sidewalk. Many thanks to editor John Grochalski!

For daily resistance poems, follow winedrunksidewalk.blogspot.com.

Permalink to just my poem: here.

And they're still accepting submissions of poems and art as we speak.
SUBMIT2RESIST: winedrunksidewalk@gmail.com.

The Pointless Banishment of Sex Offenders

In today's New York Times:

www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/opinion/the-pointless-banishment-of-sex-offenders.html

Teenager’s Jailing Brings a Call to Fix Sex Offender Registries

Read it in the July 4th edition of the New York Times.

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