# Questions on Boston Murderer Charles Stuart & Willie Bennett

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-boston-murderer-charles-stuart-willie-bennett/652965>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 15, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-boston-murderer-charles-stuart-willie-bennett/652965 "2013-03-15T01:26:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-boston-murderer-charles-stuart-willie-bennett/652965/41 "2013-03-27T02:33:57Z")

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> [@Quercus](#):
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> I’m not sure what your point really is. Are you saying that Bennett deserved whatever he got in this case because he did something _else_ wrong (and that King also really deserved to get the shit beat out of him, because again he did something _else_ wrong once)?
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> I mean, it almost sounds like you’re trying to convince someone – maybe yourself – that, really, the police don’t make mistakes OK, and/or that if they do it will never hurt nice people like yourself.

What my point really is has ZERO to do with me thinking that Rodney King deserved to get the shit beat out of him; please do not jump to such conclusions. My point IS that when you have a bad criminal reputation as Willie Bennett did, then JUSTIFIABLY people (including law enforcement and the general public) are going to believe it when you get accused of a crime, especially if you have a history of committing violent felonies, even though you may not be guilty of the actual crime you are accused of. In other words, if you have been living the life of a thug, don’t be surprised if you get accused of thuggish behavior even when you may not be in this particular instance. HOW that translates to me saying that he should have been charged anyway or that Rodney King deserved to be beaten is beyond me.

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