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Beta Gets Beat Down

The Spearhead, although ostensibly not its mission, collects examples of beta males in action - if one can ever properly use the word action in the same sentece as beta. A recent story illustrations how domestic violence laws are applied to beta males: Jeffrey Kodlowski, of Westland Michigan, and his wife had a dispute over whether she was having an affair, during which Mr. Kodlowski took and hid their cell phone so he could look at the numbers later. Naturally, the wife was angry about this, so she started calling the police. His wife wanted to leave, but Kodlowski wouldn't give her the phone. Since Kodlowski paid the whore's phone bill, he had a legal right to possess the phone. Thus, police couldn't arrest him for theft. Yet as regular readers know, the law doesn't apply to the police: Goaded on by his wife, police escalated the situation until they could find an excuse to attack him, one saying ?try and make me leave your house!? but all they had was that he accidentally brushed one officer?s sleeve while pointing to where his wallet was...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 06, 2011 (boomark / email).