# Crimes Batman has commited! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480 "2007-04-02T21:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/1 "2007-04-02T21:25:29Z")
Kind of based of this old thread of [mine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343305) . This argument has come back and I’m trying to find evidence to support me. So,what laws do you know of that Batman has broken? (Can you be specific as to where you saw this?) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/2 "2007-04-02T21:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Surbey] Kind of based of this old thread of [mine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343305) . This argument has come back and I’m trying to find evidence to support me. So,what laws do you know of that Batman has broken? (Can you be specific as to where you saw this?) [/QUOTE] Unlawful entry/breaking and entering. Batman will often times break into private businesses or homes in his efforts to fight crime. Coercion, Batman will often threaten people with physical harm if they do not produce the information he desires. For example, hanging that dirty cop upside down a few stories above the ground in Batman Begins. Something he’s done in the comics as well. Child endangerment. Robin is a minor, what kind of responsible guardian puts a child in a situation where he might be hanged, beaten, shot, or otherwise mutliated on a regular basis? Cite, any issue where Robin fights crime. Marc ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/3 "2007-04-02T21:59:22Z")
I bet Gotham City has light-pollution laws that would make the Bat Signal a no-no. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/4 "2007-04-02T22:00:10Z")
Unlicensed Automobile. Those flames coming out the back would melt the plates. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/5 "2007-04-02T22:23:41Z")
Assault and Battery. Theft. Stalking. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/6 "2007-04-02T22:36:08Z")
Trespassing, creating a public nuisance, speeding, driving an unlicensed vehicle on the city streets, littering (how many times have you seen him retrieve a Batarang?), plus various laws about entering a place of business or public building while wearing concealing garments. ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/7 "2007-04-02T22:36:10Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I bet Gotham City has light-pollution laws that would make the Bat Signal a no-no. [/QUOTE] Well, but Batman never turns that on. The police do. I suspect he violates a dozen traffic laws before he gets TO Gotham from the Batcave every day. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/8 "2007-04-02T22:44:11Z")
[QUOTE=kurilla] Well, but Batman never turns that on. The police do. [/QUOTE] Oops. You’re right. Those ferschlugginer cops have been corrupted by Batman. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/9 "2007-04-02T22:45:17Z")
The Batman has killed people – in the early days, he carried a revolver and wasn’t afraid to use it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/10 "2007-04-02T22:49:10Z")
Cite? I know he carried, but when did he ever kill with it? ---
**Author:** ![Gentle\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gentle\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gentle_Robot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/11 "2007-04-03T00:17:58Z")
Trespassing, most frequently ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/12 "2007-04-03T00:28:06Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Cite? I know he carried, but when did he ever kill with it? [/QUOTE] Ummm…Vampires. And Werewolves. I **know** it ain’t murder to bump off somebody who is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/13 "2007-04-03T01:32:41Z")
Either Attempted Murder or at the least, Depraved Indifference for letting various bad guys die. He bricked the KGBeast up behind a wall and left him there. Wiretapping. Illegal possession of explosives. Computer hacking. Illegally obtaining classified data. Kidnapping. Assaulting an (corrupt) Officer. Assaulting a (corrupt) Federal Agent. Resisting Arrest. Leaving the scene of a felony. Possession of burglary tools. Unlicensed possession of restricted drugs. Unlicensed possession of restricted electronics. Passport violations. Hell, he probably has a pirated copy of the source code for Windows. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/14 "2007-04-03T02:42:09Z")
He probably has some unlicensed munitions on the various Bat-vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/15 "2007-04-03T03:02:14Z")
Many jurisdictions (including Gotham, surely) have **anti-mask laws**. Then for all the times the police told him to “Hold it right there!” and he just disappeared into the darkness, there’s **failure to obey a lawful order of a police officer**. Back when he had the batplane, I’m sure he violated numerous FAA regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/16 "2007-04-03T03:13:32Z")
Public boners. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/17 "2007-04-03T03:22:41Z")
I doubt the batcave has been approved by a licensed building inspector. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/18 "2007-04-03T06:02:50Z")
Well, the Batcave is a natural underground formation. The various tunnels in and out are problematic, though. The Batplane and Batcopter are technically stolen from WayneTech. Hey, they’re missing from inventory and there’s no bill of sale. And I’m pretty sure Wayne Manor isn’t zoned as an airport/heliport/submarine base, so there’s problems with that. The trophies in the Batcave (giant penny, robot dinosaur, etc) are all either stolen property or pilfered evidence. In some Grant Morrison stories, he has a tesseract that opens out to the “planet” Pluto and a UFO. Both of these violate laws of physics and stretch my credulity beyond what’s permitted by creative license. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/19 "2007-04-03T11:32:50Z")
Vigilantism (which I believe is illegal.) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480/20 "2007-04-03T11:44:00Z")
He’s in violation of Gotham’s “No Wearing of Leather Man-Panties in Front of The Children” act. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-batman-has-commited/398480.md?page=2)