To: President Donald Trump, The Delaware State House, The Delaware State Senate, Governor John Carney, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
protecting innocence
We need laws that if a parent sees a child being targeted by another individual they can be charged without the child having to actually harmed in some way and needing a childs testomony. If this is prevented because of sign that were to bold to deny a person is only charged with offensive touching instead of what was really happening which was " grooming". This is the term used when someone befriends a child to dobad things such as molesting. If you watch child porn on a computer it is a federal crime but if you actually touch one its offensive touching. OUTRAGOUS!
Why is this important?
Yes I have been affected by this problem. My 7 yr olds bus driver started giving her candy on the way to and on the way home from school. I asked him not to give my daughter candy due to her being dye sensitive but it didnt stop so I complained to the how'd u make out with the storm? school. He then started giving her stuffed animals. My husband and I both to him to stop giving her things and to give her a ride to school only. My husband finally went to police not knowing what else to do when given no help from school or bus company. This went on from 1st grade then started again in 2nd grade when he stared touching her chest to play games with her. I as a parent saw something I didnt like going on, as well as you are taught to watch for these exact actions but when spotted there is no laws for protecting children before innocense is lost. Lets pass laws to protect our children before they are harmed and prevent peolpe from doing bad things rather than having to look for or find them dead after the fact. Adults who use positions of employment and such to target children should be punished very harshly without a child having to testify to fact that only parent should know is wrong and why. This individual is being charged with offensive touching which is only part of what happen. I am told by the delaware states attorney that there are no other laws to charge him with. This nedds to change! I as a parent should be able to lawfully protect my child. I feel that my child as well as my entire family has been victimized twice by this situation first by this individual then by the justice system that is supposed to protect.