Lindsay, CA- A library aide was fired after viewing a patron allegedly viewing child pornography on a library computer. Brenda Biesterfeld, the only employee of the library in the 11,000 citizen community of Lindsay, has gotten large amounts of support from moral organizations.
By Biesterfeld’s account, the uproar started Feb. 28, when she saw Chrisler staring at photos of naked, blond boys. She was sickened, she said, and called her supervisor, Judi Hill. According to Biesterfeld, Hill told her to give the man a note ordering him to stop. When Biesterfeld suggested calling the police, Hill told her not to do it, her attorneys said. But the next day Biesterfeld, nagged by doubts, used her lunch hour to visit the police station next door. She was told to contact the station if the same thing happened again, said Mathew Staver, one of her attorneys. “She was doing the moral and legal thing that anyone would do,” he said. “When you see someone viewing child pornography, you report it to the proper authorities.”
This is such a shame. Our public library would have no issue calling the police if this issue existed. I would have no issue myself! It is both disgusting and dangerous, our library had a 13 year old RAPE a 7 year old girl…it was tragic. They are VERY vigilant of what goes on, sadly, California has just not caught on.
