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'Cannibal Cop' Lawyer Slams Charges as Thought Policing
MANHATTAN (CN) - The case of a so-called "cannibal cop" is about the "freedom to write even the darkest thoughts of the human imagination," a defense attorney told federal jurors Monday.
Gilberto Valle, the 28-year-old New York City Police Department officer, acknowledges that he repeatedly logged onto the website Darkfetishnet.com to chat with other men about kidnapping, raping, torturing and eating women.
The parties disagree about whether the contents of his chats are evidence of a criminal conspiracy or constitutionally protected speech.
His lawyer, Julia Gatto, told the jury that more than 38,000 other men and women are Darkfetishnet members, and they often discuss fantasies on the website that would be illegal to try in real life.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/02/25/55164.htm
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Prove that, and you go beyond fantasy and free speech.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)It's an interesting grey area.
Bryant
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)women...then he's done.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Once you actually do it it's clearly black and white. Even abusing his access to the data bases should cost him his job.
I was thinking more about how many sexual fantasies people might have that would be immoral or illegal - unless performed with consenting adults of course.
Bryant
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Which apparently was stalled due to no payment made.
If the website was talking about underage kids,
would the defense argument hold water then?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Assuming she decides to testify...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Where she liked to go jogging, what kind of lighting there was around there, how many people did she normally see while jogging, ect. Now combine that with the misuse of law enforcement computer databases, and I'd say this goes just a little beyond simple fantasy.