Cop found guilty of wanting and plotting to eat "girl meat"

[Sheepshank]

A bizarre case where a cop who hadn't actually killed and eaten someone, was found guilty anyway.

I wish I were at the courthouse and listened to a case where the jury was convinced of a credible threat, but on the surface it appears this guy was arrested for weird and cruel thoughts.

http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-policeman-convicted-cannibal-plot-case-152029894.html

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was convicted Tuesday of charges he plotted to kidnap and cook women to dine on their "girl meat" — a macabre case that subjected jurors to often gory evidence and asked them to separate fantasy from reality.

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"The jury was unable to get past the thoughts," Gatto said. "Obviously, the case involved thoughts that were unusual and bizarre and frankly very ugly."

She called it a "dangerous prosecution when we start opening our minds and prosecuting what's in our brains and not what's in the real world."

[BainsBane]

1. No, he had a marriage arranged

and had plotted with a guy in India, I think it was, where he would take his new bride on their honeymoon, kill, and eat her.
You cant' be prosecuted for fantasies. He was actively plotting to murder someone.

[99th_Monkey]

2. You can't be too careful these daze about who you say "Bite me!" to. ~nt

[unblock]

3. "showed up on the block of one woman after agreeing to kidnap her for $5,000"

i think this goes beyond idle fantasy.

[madinmaryland]

4. Wow. That is really disturbing.