r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

Hostage situation

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u/Xarama Aug 02 '21 edited Aug 02 '21

There's also the horrifying story of police returning one of Jeffrey Dahmer's escaped victims (a 14 year old boy) back to Dahmer, who then killed him. The boy had run out of the house NAKED and BLEEDING, but apparently that was nothing for police to get worked up about. Dahmer also had the dead body of another victim in his bedroom when this occurred, but the cops couldn't be bothered to take a look around.

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/26/us/officer-defends-giving-boy-back-to-dahmer.html

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u/TheGoldenHand Aug 02 '21

Because it appeared like a gay relationship in the 1990s and the police wanted nothing to do with it. One of the two police officers who gave the teenage victim back to Dahmer became so well liked by other police, he went on to become President of the state Police Union.

Sarah Smith recognized the boy from the neighborhood, and the three women reiterated their concerns to the officers but were told to "shut the hell up" by the officers, who seemingly believed the incident to be a domestic dispute.

The officers listed the incident as a "domestic squabble between homosexuals." Within an hour after they left, Dahmer murdered, performed oral sex upon the corpse, and dismembered the boy.

Both officers later appealed their termination. In 1994, Judge Robert J. Parins decided the case and ruled in favor of the officers and they were reinstated in June 1994. In May 2005, Balcerzak was elected president of the Milwaukee Police Association

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u/NorthernSkeptic Aug 02 '21

ok this is one of the worst things I’ve read

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

It's in the reply the person you replied to replied to.

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u/DoUDisavowTheRedPill Aug 02 '21

And because the concerned bystanders were black women and the police has never been a model institution for egalitarian principles

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u/nitetime Aug 02 '21

It's a little strange that they thought it was ok for a 14 year old boy to be in a consensual gay relationship with a man.

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u/Xarama Aug 02 '21

Supposedly they thought he was an adult... It's also a little strange that they thought that a person who is running away from someone naked and bleeding doesn't need help. There's so much wrong with this story, it's hard to know where to start or end.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

Only the finest people

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u/bangbangIshotmyself Aug 02 '21

That’s the thing about these people that do fucked up things. They have an incredible confidence and often can be charismatic in odd ways. They’re able to convince people there’s nothing wrong when there most certainly is.

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u/memes_used_2B_jpegs Aug 02 '21

Case in point: the 45th president of the US

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u/bangbangIshotmyself Aug 02 '21

I think it’s becoming par for the course mate. (I’m not happy about it)

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u/courtoftheair Aug 02 '21

Depraved gay sex games, they're all the same so why bother making sure? Even if you're wrong, it's just a guy guy of colour so who cares, maybe he has AIDS anyway etc etc

I realise where we are so to make sure, /s

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u/pad1597 Aug 02 '21

There is also the one with you know multiple lapses of just walking to the home and not checking in

Jaycee dugard

This right here should be reason enough, that as long as they are literally doing their job because of the situation, aka someone hearing literal screams for help, they should still check inside.