My Grandma forwarded this along to me, from her Church's group against slavery in TN. Everyone has a part to play in ending slavery!
notice- the guy is only 18 who is doing this. What's his story i wonder? What sort of broken relationships and failed systems is he coming from? I wonder who his dad was, or if he had one. What happened when he was 3 or 4 years old? sadly the perpetrators are also broken people and yes, they must face the consequences of their actions, but how do we stem the tide of our little boys growing up to buy and sell girls?! how do we interrupt and reverse those broken cycles, and infuse them with LOVE and JUSTICE and reconciliation and beauty?! that's my question. Those are the questions im trying to get to with the Abolitionist Network. How do we create the space where "experts" people on the ground in all this, can step back and look at the bigger picture, and figure out what will really start making a difference?! Because in Atlanta, and in Boston, law enforcement randomly selecting an add or two, and hoping to get at the pimps is not going to cut it. This guy is one of hundreds in the atlanta area. these women are just a few of the thousands of women, girls and boys who are trapped.
So, lets start asking these questions, and start looking for answers - together!
Man charged with forcing 4 Atlanta
women to engage in prostitution
Specialized Investigations
Division detectives have jailed a
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| they're kids, learning about life, and love and searching for identity... |
Conyers, Ga., man on charges
that he forced four women to
travel with him to Nashville
from Atlanta to engage in prostitution.
Prontiss Houseworth, 18, is
facing four counts of trafficking
for sexual servitude, one
count of promoting prostitution
and one count of carrying
a prohibited weapon (brass
knuckles).
The investigation of
Houseworth began last Friday
when an undercover officer
responded to an ad posted on
the Backpage.com website.
The officer was told to come
to the Knights Inn on Spring
Street, where a deal was made
with two women to perform sex
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| Often the girls get arrested. Thankfully in the Houseworth case they were seen as victims. |
acts for a total price of $200.
When the officer and his
team identified themselves as
law enforcement, the women
reported that they and two others
were forced by Houseworth
to come to Nashville, saying he
threatened to kill them and
their families if they did not do
what he said.
One woman said that
Houseworth struck her for disobeying
him and went so far as
to duct tape her hands and
mouth.
Houseworth was taken into
custody while in a car outside
the motel.
The four women, two 18-year-olds,
one 23-year-old and one 24-
year-old, were deemed to be victims
and were not charged.
The FBI is assisting in the
human trafficking aspect of
this case.
Houseworth is being held in
lieu of $150,000 bond.
- Green Hill News August 31, 2011
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