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[ihavettk]

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[ink_blotter]

What did you do to the man?

[mentis_reae]

I should say that there are a few rules, yes.

[ink_blotter]

What do you think he should have done with the criminal?

[mentis_reae]

Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities immediately and given a corresponding deposition of what he witnessed.

[ink_blotter]

And left the scum there?

[mentis_reae]

Certainly not. He should have waited for the police to arrive.

[ink_blotter]

Seems more efficient to take him to the station.

[mentis_reae]

How?

[ink_blotter]

He's going to have to be taken back there anyway, and the would-be hero is going to have to to make a statement. Why bother calling other cops out for it?

[mentis_reae]

I mean how would he transport him.

[ink_blotter]

Could carry him, if he's big enough. Good guess he is, if he's knocking men out in a few punches.

[mentis_reae]

"Carry him"? And if the man regained consciousness? It would be dangerous in the extreme. Further, would it truly be better to remove the criminal from the scene of the crime, notwithstanding that evidence might be destroyed by their incautious feet - or even by bruising upon the man himself, if he were dropped? Even the criminal himself, after all, can serve as evidence. No: better by far to stand watch and wait for the arrival of the police.

[ink_blotter]

Fighting criminals is dangerous.

[mentis_reae]

I'm quite aware.