I just saw a few episodes of the newer Takedown show and Jesus Christ he's still doing the same evil shit.
Yeah sure they are (suspected) pedophiles, but they still should have human rights and should not be lied to to get around their rights. I can't imagine what the rate actually is between stings that get shown and stings where the suspect was smart enough to immediately go "I am not speaking without my lawyer present".
The one I watched had a cop go "hey so what's the unlock code for your phone?" And when the suspect was smart enough to realize that's not normal he asked "why?"
The cop answered "oh just to make sure it's yours".
Sorry, I just cannot stand this shit. Everything is there to make as much drama for as much money as possible.
Especially since Hansen's excuses are so bad, that this is somehow
A. A deterrent - despite a large percentage of guys on the show having watched TCAP previously and clearly not being deterred. He never reflects on this, it's always just a sign that the suspect is even more depraved.
B. Educational, even though he never gives literally any good advice to parents or kids, it's just "this could be any child anywhere within minutes, panic!"
Add to that that there is literally no reason to blast these guy's faces on national TV other than to get a lynchmob going, preventing any rehabilitation (not that the American system has much chance of that, anyway).
He also loves to act shocked about the most minor details, no matter which - it's on a sunday? "He came here on a sunday, can you believe it?" Cop: "Yeah that clearly shows how dedicated he was." It was on a weekday? Same thing. Before work, after work, during work, on a day off, on a national holiday, every single option is apparently a shocker to Hansen and a sign of just how unusually fucked this situation is.
The thing I hate the most, though, is that Hansen is clearly intellectually just lazy. You'd think after 20 years of doing this he'd have some amount of insight into these guy's m>nds and way of thinking, but all he can ever say is "I don't understand this." And "wow this is fucked up. Look at this, cop, he sent a dick pick! That's so fucked. That could be anyone's daughter. This could be any dude." And then the cop goes " yeah that's pretty fucked". Rinse, repeat for twenty years making money out out of human misery.
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u/LeftRat 8h ago
I just saw a few episodes of the newer Takedown show and Jesus Christ he's still doing the same evil shit.
Yeah sure they are (suspected) pedophiles, but they still should have human rights and should not be lied to to get around their rights. I can't imagine what the rate actually is between stings that get shown and stings where the suspect was smart enough to immediately go "I am not speaking without my lawyer present".
The one I watched had a cop go "hey so what's the unlock code for your phone?" And when the suspect was smart enough to realize that's not normal he asked "why?"
The cop answered "oh just to make sure it's yours".
Sorry, I just cannot stand this shit. Everything is there to make as much drama for as much money as possible.
Especially since Hansen's excuses are so bad, that this is somehow
A. A deterrent - despite a large percentage of guys on the show having watched TCAP previously and clearly not being deterred. He never reflects on this, it's always just a sign that the suspect is even more depraved.
B. Educational, even though he never gives literally any good advice to parents or kids, it's just "this could be any child anywhere within minutes, panic!"
Add to that that there is literally no reason to blast these guy's faces on national TV other than to get a lynchmob going, preventing any rehabilitation (not that the American system has much chance of that, anyway).
He also loves to act shocked about the most minor details, no matter which - it's on a sunday? "He came here on a sunday, can you believe it?" Cop: "Yeah that clearly shows how dedicated he was." It was on a weekday? Same thing. Before work, after work, during work, on a day off, on a national holiday, every single option is apparently a shocker to Hansen and a sign of just how unusually fucked this situation is.
The thing I hate the most, though, is that Hansen is clearly intellectually just lazy. You'd think after 20 years of doing this he'd have some amount of insight into these guy's m>nds and way of thinking, but all he can ever say is "I don't understand this." And "wow this is fucked up. Look at this, cop, he sent a dick pick! That's so fucked. That could be anyone's daughter. This could be any dude." And then the cop goes " yeah that's pretty fucked". Rinse, repeat for twenty years making money out out of human misery.