# Police force teenager to have an erection so they can photograph it. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720 "2014-07-09T17:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/1 "2014-07-09T17:41:50Z")
> **[In ‘sexting’ case Manassas City police want to photograph teen in sexually...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/07/09/in-sexting-case-manassas-city-police-want-to-photograph-teen-in-sexually-explicit-manner-lawyers-say/)** > > A 17-year-old is facing two felony charges for allegedly exchanging messages with his 15-year-old girlfriend. Two teenagers sexted each other. The boy was arrested for both receiving and producing child pornography, and the police took photos of his genitals. They also want to give him an injection to force him to have an erection, and then take photos of that. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/2 "2014-07-09T17:54:10Z")
They couldn’t think of any other way of getting a teenage boy to have an erection? By the way, this thread is in the wrong forum. Could a mod please move it to **Erections**? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/3 "2014-07-09T17:55:20Z")
(duplicate post) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/4 "2014-07-09T17:55:45Z")
As the article says, they want to create child pornography to prove that he created child pornography…and when _they_ do it, it will be against his will-breaking _two_ laws. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/5 "2014-07-09T17:58:33Z")
Unless OP is aware of new facts not yet presented here, the police have not yet actually done this, so the OP’s subject line is an attention-grabbing lie. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/6 "2014-07-09T17:59:59Z")
Erections are like snowflakes? No two exactly alike??? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/7 "2014-07-09T18:00:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > As the article says, they want to create child pornography to prove that he created child pornography…and when _they_ do it, it will be against his will-breaking _two_ laws. I’m as opposed to child pornography as anyone. But this incident shows that some people have gone insane on the subject. I think if you took a poll and asked people if they would support the use of nuclear weapons in fighting child pornography, you’d get some people who’d say yes. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/8 "2014-07-09T18:01:21Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Unless OP is aware of new facts not yet presented here, the police have not yet actually done this, so the OP’s subject line is an attention-grabbing lie. True. So far they’ve only forced him to show his penis to them so they could photograph it, because child porn. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/9 "2014-07-09T18:06:10Z")
> [@](#): > > The girl has not been charged, and her mother filed a complaint about the boy’s video, Foster said. Ah, overprotective, hypocritical mom going all Rambo on some poor kid who sullied her delicate little flower by engaging in the same behavior as she was. This fucking broad… ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/10 "2014-07-09T18:09:05Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Erections are like snowflakes? No two exactly alike??? > [@](#): > > Foster said Detective Abbott told her that after obtaining photos of the teen’s erect penis he would “use special software to compare pictures of this penis to this penis. Who does this? It’s just crazy.” Special software. Special _penis_ software. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/11 "2014-07-09T18:09:28Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > True. So far they’ve only forced him to show his penis to them so they could photograph it, because child porn. And have they shared this picture with anyone that wasn’t in the room at the time it was photographed? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/12 "2014-07-09T18:11:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Special software. Special _penis_ software. Does this remind anyone else of a certain scene from _Porky’s_? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/13 "2014-07-09T18:13:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And have they shared this picture with anyone that wasn’t in the room at the time it was photographed? Are you looking for a source? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/14 "2014-07-09T18:17:42Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Are you looking for a source? I just want to know if they are also distributing the pornography they are creating. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/15 "2014-07-09T18:20:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Special software. Special _penis_ software. Google flummoxed: > [@](#): > > No results found for “special penis software”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/16 "2014-07-09T18:22:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Google flummoxed: You’ve got to take the filter off. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/17 "2014-07-09T18:22:40Z")
Times sure have changed since I was a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/18 "2014-07-09T18:26:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Google flummoxed: try looking for hardware instead. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/19 "2014-07-09T18:26:47Z")
I’d be raising hell about this if I was representing this kid, or serving as his GAL, too. The kid has offered to plead guilty, according to the article, which makes the “need” for the dick pic irrelevant. I serve as a public defender/GAL in a couple of local Youth Courts fairly often. Fortunately, I’ve got a great judge that would not allow this horseshit to happen. Then again, the prosecutors/cops I work with would never ask for something this ridiculous either. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720/20 "2014-07-09T18:27:13Z")
Who makes penis comparison software? Do they have vulva comparison software? I’m a .net dev, I wonder if they have an opening… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720.md?page=2)