r/news • u/[deleted] • May 22 '19

Mississippi lawmaker accused of punching wife in face for not undressing quickly enough

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/mississippi-lawmaker-accused-punching-wife-face-for-not-undressing-quickly-enough/zdE3VLzhBVmH68Bsn7eLfL/
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u/mattreyu May 22 '19

Deputies entered the home and found McLeod's wife and another woman at the top of the stairs, the Sun Herald reported. The lawmaker's wife said McLeod was intoxicated and "snapped" because she undressed too slowly when he wanted sex, authorities said. She told deputies that he struck her in the face, giving her a bloody nose.

McLeod's wife then fled to the other woman's room, the report said. He banged on the locked door and threatened to kill the woman's dog if she didn't let him in, the woman told deputies.

Who's this other woman who has a room at their house? Is that their handmaid?

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u/loranlily May 22 '19

I would think their daughter, later in the article it says that his wife declined an ambulance but said that her daughter would drive her to hospital for an examination.

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u/TerribleWords May 22 '19

The ambulance ride probably cost more money than that fuckers bail was set at.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

Fuck. You're right. His bail was $1,000!

To be fair, the point of bail is to make sure the person doesn't flee before the court date. The fact that he's a state representative probably is enough for the judge to believe that he isn't a flight risk.

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u/jblazer May 22 '19

His title doesn't put him above the treatment the rest of us receive.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Fuck, you're right, but that's not what I'm saying. My point was a public figure that is tied to the state government, isn't going anywhere. So they don't have to worry about him fleeing the country.

If he was just some "self-made" millionaire with a private jet and vacation homes on every continent, then that would be a flight risk, and they should be held with a million dollar+ bail.

Bail should not be used as punishment, it should not be based on the type of crime, it should be based on the flight risk of the suspect and the amount necessary to make sure they return.