I'm in tears right now. [View All]

I know I said I was taking a break from DU, but I just heard something so goddamned upsetting, I feel like I'm going to lose what's left of my sanity if I don't tell someone:

SPARTA — A well-known local attorney and Republican committeeman is among 39 people across New Jersey facing charges for allegedly downloading an Internet video showing the rape of a 5-year-old girl.

The charges filed Thursday against Jeffrey Patti, 36, spread disbelief and horror among the many people who know him in Sparta political circles and the Sussex County legal community — disbelief at the arrest of a seemingly upstanding family man, and horror at the sordidness of the allegations.

Patti, who is married and has two daughters — an infant and a 2-year-old — was charged with both possession and distribution of child pornography after being arrested at his home Thursday morning by investigators who also seized his personal computer.
If convicted of the distribution charge, a second-degree crime, he faces up to 10 years in state prison and would have to register for life as a sex offender.

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If your stomach can handle it, the full story is at http://www.njherald.com/news/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1107033375,60567,/

A 5-year-old girl. A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL???? Who in the fuck would find a 5-year-old girl sexually desirable? A goddamned fucking REPUBLICAN, that's who! And they have the nerve to call themselves the party of moral values? DIE, YOU EVIL COCKSUCKERS!!!!! JUST FUCKING DIE!!!!! :grr:

Sometimes I wonder why I get out of bed in the morning. :cry: