text: what do you think of this situation, i read it and i didn't agree with the outcome...? i can't remember word for word the story.  a man driving down a road almost hit a little girl that ran into the street.  the man stopped and got out of his car and went over to talk to the girl.  he basically was telling her not to run into the street because she could get hit but he had put his hand on her shoulder, much like you would when you talk to your own kids about something.  the parents called the cops on him because he had put his hand on the girls shoulder while he talked to her.  he was arrested and was not convicted but was made to register as a sex offender.  do you think this outcome was the correct thing?  what should the outcome have been? if that is the entire story then that outcome is completely bogus. there is nothing wrong with touching another person on the head, shoulder, leg, back, etc. there is only something wrong when a person touches a "bad" place, which clearly was not happening and was not going to happen in the middle of the street.   what should have happened? the parents should have gotten a lecture on teaching their daughter. the daughter should have gotten a lecture on not running into the street. and the man should have gotten a lecture on smartening up in our lawsuit and sex-crime crazed society. there was no need for any trials or arrests.   and how is someone who was not convicted (ie: innocent) of a crime forced to register as a sex offender? that simply doesn't make any sense at all.