Man spits on cop, gets life in jail

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Originally Posted by mburbank

I think you guys are all entirely missing the point. This isn't about spit guy, who's conviction will almost certainly be overturned. It's about cruel nd unusual punishment, and punishment fitting the crime.

I don't care what you think of this particular spitter. You casually dismiss someone gettinga life sentence for spitting on a cop and you are not just setting foot on the slippery slope, you are tumbling ass over tit down it.

That this is generally being treated the same way as the funny animal stories the put in the bottom left corner of the front page of the metro makes me sick.

Actually, along the lines of what you've said, I don't think I missed it.

To paraphrase what I said, I'd said "so if an innocent man gets beaten, bleeds on the cop and the cop notices, he gets a life sentence?"

Intent notwithstanding, it's fucking ridiculous to get a life sentence for spitting. I only worry for if this gets so out-of-hand, that if you spit on the sidewalk once, you get locked away and gassed for unauthorized dumping of biohazardous materials.

The policeman himself shouldn't be allowed to continue on the force, because these are the type of cops that will sooner or later shoot someone and plant a gun later.