The Crime

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/nyregion/gilberto-valle-accused-in-plot-to-kidnap-women-and-cook-them.html?hp&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/world/asia/papua-new-guinea-grisly-accusations-of-cannibalism.html?ref=cannibalism

                Published on October 25, 2012 by The New York Times, a disturbing story describes a plan to abduct, rape, and even eat women. The plan was created by a police officer, Gilberto Valle, in New York. Though Officer Valle did not execute it, the plan itself put everyone on the edge. Utilizing the National Crime Information Center, Officer Valle searched up private information on his victims such as bra size, weight, height, and etc. All the victims recognized or at least met the officer before. A majority of the evidence were derived from the officer’s texts, e-mails, and phone calls. One of his e-mails states that he was even plotting to sell some of the women. The officer is married and has a one year-old daughter; the wife began worrying when she found weird and disturbing picture on his laptop. The officer kept on denying the charges and is kept under heavily supervision.

                Police officers are supposed to be the common people’s ultimate ally. However based on the article about the possible cannibalism, the police officers are still humans: untrustworthy and full of mistakes. Part of the job for a police officer is to protect civilians. Yet Officer Ville’s plan to cook and then eat women is not an example of the word “protection”. Cannibalism is the practice of consuming flesh of same species. Despite the social rejection of the practice, the number of cannibalisms keeps slowly increasing throughout the world. During the summer of 2012, 29 people were arrested for that practice in Papua New Guinea. The cult members, who believed that the victims were witch doctors, ate their victims’ brain. The cannibal cult ate a total of seven people. Whether it occurs in the United States or Papua New Guinea, cannibalism is still a disturbing crime. Especially in developing counties like Africa, the growth of poverty and specific religious beliefs may cause an increase of the forbidden action of cannibalism.