Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 My great grandmother came over from Germany when she was a 16 year old girl. She came alone as her father only had enough money to send her. She was supposed to meet and live with her uncle in Buffalo. This was right before the turn of the century. Entering Ellis island my great grandmother was kidnapped and they tried to force her into sex slavery. They stole her papers, and all her money. She escaped and made her way to Buffalo somehow and found her uncle. I have her memoir in my attic and it is fascinating to read. She lived 75+ years in this country and loved America very much and was very grateful to be here , and she never complained once about being kidnapped as a child This is American History that few know about. But it's always been close to my heart and it's a intriguing subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Thanks for sharing. Slavery has existed since time immemorial and continues to exist today, yes even here in the United States. Hell, the US gives billions of dollars a year to countries who profit from human trafficking and slavery (looking at you, Sauds). Human trafficking and sex slavery are real and flourishing industries right here in the good ol' USofA. Anyone who thinks slavery only existed in the Confederate South, or ended after the Civil War, are ignorant of not just history, but current events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Thanks for sharing. Slavery has existed since time immemorial and continues to exist today, yes even here in the United States. Hell, the US gives billions of dollars a year to countries who profit from human trafficking and slavery (looking at you, Sauds). Human trafficking and sex slavery are real and flourishing industries right here in the good ol' USofA. Anyone who thinks slavery only existed in the Confederate South, or ended after the Civil War, are ignorant of not just history, but current events. Yes, it is as bad today as it ever has been. Trafficking is VERY REAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Yes, it is as bad today as it ever has been. Trafficking is VERY REAL I've worked closely with FBI agents assigned to various human trafficking task forces. Just reading/hearing about the **** they deal with on a day-to-day basis was enough to make me physically ill. Having to deal with it in real life, every day, has to be one of the more heart-wrenching jobs in law enforcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 You have to deal with evil to prosecute bad people, sometimes it is too much but it's part of the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 You have to deal with evil to prosecute bad people, sometimes it is too much but it's part of the job. It takes a great person to deal with that much evil and put them away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It takes a great person to deal with that much evil and put them away Or a broken person. But that's a poetic note I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Or a broken person. But that's a poetic note I guess. Hahaha no I agree It's a dark job that probably doesn't attract happy go lucky people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 B716, some people aren't fizzed by what they have to deal with. My exposure to the worst stuff has fortunately been kept to a few cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 B716, some people aren't fizzed by what they have to deal with. My exposure to the worst stuff has fortunately been kept to a few cases. And that's why they are doing it. Because they aren't affected by it. That be like a surgeon who is squeamish to blood. Chose the wrong profession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 You can justify the exposure by not being too bothered and it's part of the job you signed up for. Some I've known have to get reassigned before their term is up. Family law caused a lot of friends to give up that specialty practice because it is brutal every single day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 My great grandmother came over from Germany when she was a 16 year old girl. She came alone as her father only had enough money to send her. She was supposed to meet and live with her uncle in Buffalo. This was right before the turn of the century. Entering Ellis island my great grandmother was kidnapped and they tried to force her into sex slavery. They stole her papers, and all her money. She escaped and made her way to Buffalo somehow and found her uncle. I have her memoir in my attic and it is fascinating to read. She lived 75+ years in this country and loved America very much and was very grateful to be here , and she never complained once about being kidnapped as a child This is American History that few know about. But it's always been close to my heart and it's a intriguing subject Clearly your great grandmother was black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Clearly your great grandmother was black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 B, and if you come across KP during the review of a computer or the search of a home or office, you report it and have to sit there while they put it up on a huge screen in lawyers offices while they argue whether it is the real deal of just "posturing". They don't want to make a mistake either way and this can take hours.... Edit: or "posturing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 B, and if you come across KP during the review of a computer or the search of a home or office, you report it and have to sit there while they put it up on a huge screen in lawyers offices while they argue whether it is the real deal of just "posturing". They don't want to make a mistake either way and this can take hours.... Edit: or "posturing" Jeez Going back to your last post I bet family law is brutal. No easy way to rip apart a family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Some lawyers thought they'd be able to help people but by the time they are called in IT IS ON... to the death. IT people are constantly at risk to come across KP, when I'm asked by students I tell them it's an occupational hazard, you aren't embracing it (how could someone embrace that) and you don't get counselling if it ruins your slep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Jeez Going back to your last post I bet family law is brutal. No easy way to rip apart a family My sister's in family law. She acts as a representative for the children in cases. You'd think that would be easier, just for being straightforward...but no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Some lawyers thought they'd be able to help people but by the time they are called in IT IS ON... to the death. IT people are constantly at risk to come across KP, when I'm asked by students I tell them it's an occupational hazard, you aren't embracing it (how could someone embrace that) and you don't get counselling if it ruins your slep. Trafficking and KP are imo linked to some degree Those children are obviously being trafficked from somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Pitting children against a parent has to take its toll, even trying to be a peacemaker gets nowhere. As a number cruncher the most horrifying thing to me would be cold-calling people on commission... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 I sold sports equipment for years and I never made commission once. I actually cared about giving you good equipment , not making a quick buck Commission creates greedy salesmen and starts fights between them too. Nothing pisses a salesman off worse than not being top dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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