# Light pitting of people cheering Jared's beating **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363 "2016-03-18T02:40:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363/61 "2016-03-19T13:46:31Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > What the fuck, people get in fights at bus stops, grocery store parking lots, city parks and other places all the fucking time. Can’t really expect society to do for prisoners what it can’t do for itself. **But** if you are a ward of the state, the state has a duty to keep you safe. Jared shouldn’t have been beaten. That said, I wouldn’t have come to his aid if I were a prisoner witnessing his beating. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363/62 "2016-03-19T13:56:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [QUOTE=Northern Piper] > > The article says that the beater was put in solitary. Why wasn’t he charged with assault causing bodily harm ? He probably will be. That’s pretty routine. But it’s only been a few weeks. The legal system takes a while to move and charging people who are already in prison with new crimes is not a high priority. [/QUOTE] Thank you, **Little Nemo** - that is reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363/63 "2016-03-19T14:08:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > **But** if you are a ward of the state, the state has a duty to keep you safe. That’s the whole point. Bus stops, parking lots, etc. are not populated with corrections officers who are supposed to monitor the place. > [@](#): > > Jared shouldn’t have been beaten. That said, I wouldn’t have come to his aid if I were a prisoner witnessing his beating. Really? Why not? Would you have not come to his aid because you’d be afraid of some kind of revenge taken against you by the beater and/or his pals/like-minded prisoners? Or would have let it happen because you agree with the beat-down? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363/64 "2016-03-19T14:13:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Really? Why not? Would you have not come to his aid because you’d be afraid of some kind of revenge taken against you by the beater and/or his pals/like-minded prisoners? Or would have let it happen because you agree with the beat-down? I’m a prisoner, not a warden/corrections officer/whatever. I don’t think he should be beaten, but at that point it is the state’s job to see that he is safe. I think he is scum, but that isn’t really a part of my consideration. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363/65 "2016-03-19T14:31:27Z")
If I’m in prison, I will be extremely disinclined to involve myself in any dispute or violence between two other inmates. Not because I support or agree with the beating, but because I am a fan neither of being beaten myself, in the moment or out of retribution, nor of spending time in seg. My name is Paul, and this shit’s 'tween y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363/66 "2016-03-19T18:24:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > … > Really? Why not? Would you have not come to his aid because you’d be afraid of some kind of revenge taken against you by the beater and/or his pals/like-minded prisoners? Or would have let it happen because you agree with the beat-down? No, not at all. I’m guessing here, but I’ll bet the first rule in prison society is to mind your own business. The second is to see nothing, say nothing. The third is not to forget the first two. That’s just my guess, but I’ll bet it’s pretty darn close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-pitting-of-people-cheering-jareds-beating/749363.md?page=3)