A beating by the police should be equal to a "get out of jail free" card

[svpadgham]

I've done no research on this topic, and I'm just talking out of my ass. Cops seem to be beating the shit out of people for petty crimes and misdemeanors, but rarely does the person who commits a serious offense get a beating. Kill a bunch of people in a church? You get Burger King. So here is my proposal. If you steal something, get in a bar fight, sell some knock-off hand bags, or something like that and the cops assault you, you don't go to trial or jail. You get a cab ride home. I say a cab because there ain't no telling what will happen in a police vehicle. Boom. You're done. White collar criminals? They get to go to trial and possibly prison. Why? Because they never take an ass-whoopin' from the cops. Like I alluded to before, people going on murder sprees and stuff always seem to get "talked down" and taken into custody so they go to trial and prison. Can you imagine how this would clear up our courts and jails?

[HFRN]

1. 'Kill a bunch of people in a church? You get Burger King'--> what? nt

[Recursion]

2. Dylan Roof was taken to Burger King after his arrest (nt)

[HFRN]

3. ok - I did not know that

I agree - you should not 'have it your way' after an incident like that

EDIT: actually, I am now vaguely remembering that now

[Recursion]

4. I get that once he's in custody they have to feed him on the drive back

And that BK is probably a pretty cost-effective way to do that. Still, the optics were just completely wrong with that.

[HFRN]

6. there's another interpretation, thought

not saying this is what it was about, but they could have been warming up to him to make it easier to get a complete statement (ie confession)

in any formal police questioning situation, the correct move for the suspect, whether guilty or even innocent, is to remain silent, and the correct move for the police is to make the suspect feel it is better to talk

police use different tactics, sometimes being scary, but sometimes 'we're not such bad guys' - but if the tactics work, they all mean the same thing - prison

[Facility Inspector]

7. My buddy got extradited from Indiana to Texas

on FTA/VOP/Fugitive warrant, they had him in the transport and fed him Burger King.

[rollin74]

5. Roof was never taken to Burger King

food from a nearby Burger King was brought to the police station by an officer where he ate it while in custody

Police never took him to the restaurant

[mmonk]

8. My cousin got out. She was taken to the hospital.