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** He, and the rest of the CompleteMonsters, wasn't being tossed in jail, he was shown being arrested and ''prosessed'', the first part of the british aresst system (and the info-notes made sure to point out that he was the only one to show regret during his picture taking) It is without a doubt that there is going to be waves of testimonies (not at least from [[ByTheBookCop Nicholas Angel]]) to prove that he is mentally handicaped and that he is going to be sent to a care facility not before long.
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*Why is Lurch, who is mentally handicapped, doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, and is clearly afforded leniancy under the law tossed in jail with the CompleteMonster s who knowingly and willfully murdered tons of people?
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** They actually might well need it, often for big riots police are called in from neighbouring stations to supplement local forces.

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** Yes but how come the police didn't investigate those "accidents" like they did the others? Thats the part that just bugs me, I mean if everyone in town knows about the deaths of Eve Draper, George Merchant, Leslie Tiller et al, wouldn't the death of all those teenagers at the same time at least be noted by the police?

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** Yes but how come the police didn't investigate those "accidents" like they did the others? Thats That's the part that just bugs me, I mean if everyone in town knows about the deaths of Eve Draper, George Merchant, Leslie Tiller et al, Tiller, etc, wouldn't the death of all those teenagers at the same time at least be noted by the police?



** It's equally (or even more) likely that [[spoiler:some people in Sandford knew, if not of the whole conspiracy, that something horribly wrong was behind the seemingly idyllic façade, but were too terrified of ending up victims of more "accidents"]]. Proof would be that [[spoiler:NWA members kept hidden firearms ready to use, as we see when the FinalBattle breaks out, to strenghten their silent reign of terror. And, did you notice that on that day, when the judges for the "Best Village" contest were to come, barely anybody beside the NWA was out on the streets?]]

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** It's equally (or even more) likely that [[spoiler:some people in Sandford knew, if not of the whole conspiracy, that something horribly wrong was behind the seemingly idyllic façade, but were too terrified of ending up victims of more "accidents"]]. Proof would be that [[spoiler:NWA members kept hidden firearms ready to use, as we see when the FinalBattle breaks out, to strenghten strengthen their silent reign of terror. And, did you notice that on that day, when the judges for the "Best Village" contest were to come, barely anybody beside the NWA was out on the streets?]]



*** What I ment was, how can the Metropolitan Police transfer Nicholas to a town well outside of its jurisdiction? Or did they simply threaten to destroy his career if he didn't transfer on his own?

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*** What I ment meant was, how can the Metropolitan Police transfer Nicholas to a town well outside of its jurisdiction? Or did they simply threaten to destroy his career if he didn't transfer on his own?



* Just a small one. Why didn't it occur to Nick to get the blood left on the glass from Leslie Tiller's murder analysed?
** With Stadford being small they wouldn't have the technology to do it, and it would take days for it to be sent to the nearest place to be anaylised and sent back, taking up to much time.

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* Just a small one. Why didn't it occur to Nick to get the blood left on the glass from Leslie Tiller's murder analysed?
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** With Stadford being small they wouldn't have the technology to do it, and it would take days for it to be sent to the nearest place to be anaylised analyzed and sent back, taking up to much time.


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*** OP is referring to the shard of glass that the murder cut their leg on.
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** [[spoiler: Chances are, almost everyone not in or with the NWA had already been killed.]]
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** What are they going to even find in the blood? Fragments of the shears she slipped and fell on?
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* Where is everyone else in town during the big shootout? There was no one else out on the streets! You would think someone would have been in the supermarket or on their way there despite all the hubbub.
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** With Stadford being small they wouldn't have the technology to do it, and it would take days for it to be sent to the nearest place to be anaylised and sent back, taking up to much time.
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* I never understood Angel's theory of Skinner being worried about his business. It is not like he actually owns the Somerfield in the village, if it were to close down he would be moved to a nearby store.
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* Just a small one. Why didn't it occur to Nick to get the blood left on the glass from Leslie Tiller's murder analysed?
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** It's not his phone battery meter, which is on the right -- it's his reception meter going down, showing that he's getting farther and farther from the city.
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** It's not his phone battery meter, which is on the right -- it's his reception meter going down, showing that he's getting farther and farther from the city.
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** It looks like the glass had partially shattered, and Angel was just leaping through the rest of the way before the remaining glass had fallen.
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** Also, it is indicated that they pulled some strings with higher-ups to get Nick transferred. A significant part of the London police wanted to get rid of him anyway.
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*** What I ment was, how can the Metropolitan Police transfer Nicholas to a town well outside of its jurisdiction? Or did they simply threaten to destroy his carreer if he didn't transfer on his own?

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*** What I ment was, how can the Metropolitan Police transfer Nicholas to a town well outside of its jurisdiction? Or did they simply threaten to destroy his carreer career if he didn't transfer on his own?
****Probably the latter as while it's perfectly valid for an officer to transfer from the Met to Gloucestershire, they'd normally have to request it themselves.
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***What I ment was, how can the Metropolitan Police transfer Nicholas to a town well outside of its jurisdiction? Or did they simply threaten to destroy his carreer if he didn't transfer on his own?
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** For starters, England is a ''much'' smaller country. Distance wise, it'd be more like the NYPD transferring an officer to upstate NY. Aside from that, I don't know much about the English police service either, but the implication in the film seemed to be that it was fairly standard for a big city cop to not-quite-retire to a quiet little town eventually.
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*I’m not that familiar with the structure and organization of the English police services, so I might be making a stupid mistake, but how could the London Metropolitan Police transfer Nicholas all the way to Sanford, in Gloucestershire? Wouldn’t that be like the NYPD transferring a police officer to somewhere in Ohio?
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** Actually, he doesn't try to force the door. He jumps through the unbroken glass of the other door. Apparently the doors had glass so nice they broke it twice.
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*** [[spoiler: ''The greater good...'']]
**** [[spoiler: "SHUT IT!!"]]
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*** On the subject of that, I think it's an Artifact or whatever the trope name is for the time before the village became so corrupt, back when the police still gave a shit. The old riot gear from that was still around because why bother getting rid of it, especially when it might help Butterman and the others in a desperate situation to instill "the greater good"?
**** ''The greater good....''
***** SHUT IT!!
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** They could be from families with [[AbusiveParents less-than-dedicated parents]], so to speak.
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** Most police forces operate on a policy of being CrazyPrepared for any eventuality; although they live in the quiet countryside, it's better to assume that they might someday need riot gear even if they don't use it rather than find themselves in a situation where they actually do need the riot gear and are caught with out it.
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*When the flower lady gets murdered in front of Nicholas, he throws his baton at the door so it will shatter, so he doesn't have to open the door. Smart, but then he tries to force through it anyway, making him fall down, even though the door was already shattered. Just seems unnecessary.
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**They might not have even BOUGHT the riot gear, it might have been allocated to them by the county government. At that point there's really no getting rid of it besides throwing it in the trash. And they had the storage space, why bother doing anything but keeping it?
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** [[spoiler:''The Greater Good'']]
*** [[spoiler: SHUT IT!]]
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**Because they needed to spend their budget to ensure they didn't get it cut next year and there was an approved list of things they could spend it on. TruthInTelevision, if you run any government funded service unless you spend every last penny (some might say overspend) each financial year then the bean counters in the relevant ministry will cut your funding for the next financial year.
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* On that note, why does the police force of a tiny village like that even HAVE riot gear? Considering how convincing the masquerade was, it wasn't like they'd have ever used it.
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*** Also, when you see the other officers later on, ''they're'' all wearing the riot gear. He can't really use something that's already in use, right?
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** No, but he knew that Nicholas was going on a suicide mission before he left for the castle, after the fight with Lurch. That's why he gave Nick his notebook - that was when he set it up with the packet of ketchup. So by the time Nick was attacked, Danny would have already guessed that eventually Nick would find out what was behind all the murders, confront them, and probably lose. Maybe he was hoping that Nick would give up the chase and not go the way Popwell did, but when they sent Lurch after him that made him give up being in denial.

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