Man arrested after allegedly filming girls in Target dressing room
A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged
with violation of privacy last week after he allegedly recorded underage girls
in a Target changing room.
The incident allegedly took place at a New
Hampshire Target store on June 22, just days after the two-month anniversary of
the retail giant’s announcement of a new policy allowing biological men to
access women’s restrooms and dressing rooms and vice versa.
According
to the Bedford Police Department, the man
was Zachary Bishop of Raymond, New Hampshire. He fled the Target store before
the police arrived but subsequently turned himself in after police issued a
warrant for his arrest.
The arrest comes amid fears that the
transgender bathroom policies sweeping the nation, like that adopted at Target,
provide easier access for predators. Bishop would not be the first person to
take advantage of the broad-reaching policies.
In February, a Seattle man entered a swimming
pool changing
room and undressedin front of a young girls’ swim
team, claiming he had the right to do so under transgender policies.
In 2014, it was revealed that a convicted
rapist who once sexually assaulted a five-year-old girl claimed to
be transgender in order to gain access to a women’s shelter,
where he again assaulted women.
Since rolling out its new policy, Target's
stock has plummeted.
The company’s CEO has defended the rule allowing men in women’s restrooms as
“inclusive,” despite more than 1 million people signing an American Family
Association (AFA) petition to boycott Target and pushback
from shareholders.
LifeSiteNews sponsored a #FlushTarget moving
billboard truck that visited
every Target store in
the company’s home state of Minnesota. The #FlushTarget campaign also blanketed
televisions in Minnesota and western Wisconsin with
a powerful video ad showing the dangers of the new policy. The video has been
viewed more than 1 million times online.
In light of the New Hampshire incident and as
the Fourth of July approaches, AFA is asking its petition signers to renew
their commitment to boycotting Target. The group also suggests that signers
share the petition with their friends and family so that the petition may
garner fresh support.