“There are certain things you can’t prepare for. I guarantee you, this is one thing I never expected to occur. It is one person who committed, I believe, a horrific act-a horrific act-and therefore not only victimized his victims, but victimized this department, the media and the 13,500 people who work here.”–Bob Butterworth, head of the Florida Department of Children and Families, on the arrest of Al Zimmerman, his agency spokeman, for soliciting young boys for sexual purposes.
Indeed. Actually my concern for the media and the Florida Department of Children and Families, so terribly (allegedly) brutalized by Zimmerman, was so great, I plain forgot about the young boys at all. I’m sure they’ve had a rough time of it, too, though. After we tend to the wounds of the media and the bureaucrats we should definitely check in to see how the kids are feeling.
