Dog the Bounty Hunter - why?

Non-Running Pop Culture

12 years ago 01/19/2012 1:37pm EST

So i made the mistake of watching "Dog the Bounty Hunter" for the first time last night. I have more than a few issues with this show.

First of all, they all wear badges despite the fact that they are just civilians with no connection to law enforcement. similarly, they go around waving paper saying they have arrest warrants, and also that these warrants they claim to have give them the right to search anyones homes. The one guy even goes around wearing a bullet-proof vest that say "agent" on the back. "agent of what?" one might imagine.

But the piece de resistance of the show for me was the "wrap-up" after they caught the guy they were looking for. Dog is talking to the camera about what a good job they did and how they "were able to take a really dangerous criminal off the street." There is seemingly no mention that the only reason this "dangerous criminal" was on the street in the first place was that they put him there.

how can this show possibly be a hit.

12 years ago 01/19/2012 3:45pm EST

re: big bad dog

The reason they wear badges is to intimidate bystanders who may interfere with their bust. Watch closer, they always ask for permission to go into a private dwelling. The paper they are waving IS an arrest warrant. I don't know Hawaiian laws but in most states, bounty hunters are licensed "agents" of the courts, executing bench warrants.

big bad dog wrote:
...There is seemingly no mention that the only reason this "dangerous criminal" was on the street in the first place was that they put him there...

No, the Constitution of the United States "puts" an arrested person on the streets. The person's own behavior while out on bail makes him a "dangerous criminal."

12 years ago 01/19/2012 4:36pm EST

re: Beth and her big guns

I had a friend who was a bounty hunter, and you have to have a license to do it, and when you were issued your license, the badge came with it. So, they don't make their own badges, and they are required to have the badges with them when they make an arrest.

12 years ago 01/19/2012 7:24pm EST

re: JoeJoe

I also heard the reason "Dog" and his inbreds carry those fire extinguisher looking pepper spray cannisters and pepper spray paint guns is because he is a convicted felon from years ago and cannot carry a real gun....But, in looking at Beth's chest, I think she carries a couple of Scud missiles up there contained behind her bra...

12 years ago 01/19/2012 7:28pm EST

re: big bad dog

I like Dog the Bounty Hunter. Also His wife Beth has a nice chest

12 years ago 01/20/2012 9:01am EST

re: Beth and her big guns

Beth and her big guns wrote:
big bad dog wrote:
...There is seemingly no mention that the only reason this "dangerous criminal" was on the street in the first place was that they put him there...
No, the Constitution of the United States "puts" an arrested person on the streets. The person's own behavior while out on bail makes him a "dangerous criminal."

yes, they weren't a "dangerous criminal" when they were sent to jail the first time, only after the Constitution of the United States put them back on the streets.

Just for future reference, where can i send my check for 10% of my bail amount so the constitution can let me back out of jail, the national archives?

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