Miracle diet!!

You just can't satisfy some folks. Thanks to Smoking Gun, I've learned of Broderick Laswell, who's dropped 105 pounds since being locked up in the Benton County Jail last September.
He says he's slowly being starved to death and, yes, has filed a lawsuit alleging violation of his civil liberties.








Comments
Gosh...I thought that was a Huck for a sec...
Posted by: rosso
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April 28, 2008 03:13 PM
Was Mike Huckabee ever locked up there?
Posted by: mudturtle
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April 28, 2008 03:14 PM
"starved to death" my ass. How old is that image?
Posted by: ozarkrazo
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April 28, 2008 03:39 PM
Oh, guys, best laugh of the day!!!!
Max, you are a day late & dollar short, been on news all w/end.
He will pro'bly win his dang suit, way juries have been finding since,,,,uh.....O.J.
Posted by: jazzy
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April 28, 2008 03:40 PM
Oops. . .shoulda read instead of scanning. Poor baby, I guess he's too small now to be photographed.
Posted by: ozarkrazo
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April 28, 2008 03:43 PM
I did me some time up there and grew quite fond of the the Benton County Jailhouse Diet. On holidays, and even on just some regular days, the warden's wife would smuggle me in some home baked goods and once or twice even had me out to her place for a proper home cooked meal and some, what do they call it,when you get naked with someone and you are a felon? I think it's called conjugalating or something like it. I don't care what they call it, but it's not a bad way to kill a stretch of a few months and beats solitary. Ain't sure how that "furlough" got arranged or even if the Warden knew about it, as I never saw much of him and she told me to keep it between just us. I miss the ole place and wish ole Huck hadn't a commutated my sentence. I sometimes think of hurlin a brick through a window just to get sent back up again.
Best thing that could happen this fella is he stays locked-up a while longer year and drops another hundred fifty or so. M
Posted by: IABL1969
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April 28, 2008 03:46 PM
So this jail thing is not like livin' with momma? (Here Brodrick, does momma's little man need another piece of cake?)
The longest hard time I ever did was in Jazzy's Nawlin's back in the 70's. It isn't always smart to mix fraternity, roadtrip and Mardi Gras all into one weekend.
What they fed us in I guess what was the drunk tank was definately unfit. But that helps one decide not to end up in that situation again.
They came around and woke us up about 4 am with french bread with reddish yellowish stuff in it and they were selling unfiltered Pall Mell for 40 cents a pack. I guess prisoners get a break on taxes. I figure my 160 pound self lost 3 or 4 pounds in less than a day. But that was as much from worry as from starvation. I was picked up on Friday and my court date was set for Wednesday and I had to be back in Fayetteville for two tests before that. Thank goodness the one of us that got away had cousins in Meterie that lent us bail money.
I suppose a factor in the original case up above is the fact that ole Broderick is at this time only charged, not convicted of the crime.
Posted by: Citizen home
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April 28, 2008 04:50 PM
Leave it to Benton County to wage food war, esp in jail. I lmao yesterday when I saw this in The Morning
Republican Rag.
Posted by: L.Wood
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April 28, 2008 04:55 PM
Funny story, Citizen....sure was not funny to you at that time, but, we can look back and
laugh , most of the time.
Trying to think of what that reddish yellow stuff, on french bread, could have been........
no tellin, knowing cajuns as I do,,,,heck, they even eat big RATS called Nutria, they could
call them Lamb chops but they were still big rats to me.
What in hell did you do to get thrown in the pokey at Mardi Gras time??? The whole of south
La. is drunk then, its even a school holiday and, yes, a big birth explosion 9 mos. later......
Viva New Orleans!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jazzy
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April 28, 2008 05:56 PM
The reality of this young man's attitude, belief, etc should be cause for concern. For many Americans being 6 feet tall and weighing 250-300 pounds is normal for them. It's not just Ark either. What this lawsuit affirms is that Americans are obsessed with overeating to the point that obesity seems normal.
Maybe boss Womack has a solution. Forget all the fad diets, Weight Watchers, low carb, fat-free. Just spend a month or two in Benton County jail.
The downside is that Benton County jail charges each immate $5 per dose to deliver their meds, whether you're guilty or not. If released with charges dropped or acquitted by a jury the Reichland jail will send you a bill for each of your meals and administering your meds.
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Posted by: L.Wood
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April 28, 2008 08:42 PM
Broderick is taken to court. click name
Posted by: L.Wood
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April 28, 2008 09:06 PM
This tubbo is in jail for murder. I am fairly liberal but I don't give a shit that he doesn't get his bedtime snacks. He is going to be convicted and sentenced to die in Benton. This is actually part of the plan to get him small enough to fit onto the gurney so they can slip the needle to him. At his present size and especially his 400+ former size he would be a risk to good government equipment. I really think he has more to worry about than his daily dose of twinkies.
Posted by: FortSmithBoy
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April 28, 2008 09:38 PM
Thanks to Smoking Gun
by Max
Well golly gee whiz.. I left a link to the Chicago trip version of this story in AR blog comments yesterday..)
ARK. BLOG: I recognize em where I find em. And Smoking Gun had photos and the actual court documents.
Posted by: Eureka Springs, AR
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April 28, 2008 09:42 PM
Chicago Trib or trip.. either way it's just up the road.
Posted by: Eureka Springs, AR
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April 28, 2008 09:43 PM
The story is on at least 50 web sites ES. The Morning News-Republican Rag broke it two days ago.
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Posted by: L.Wood
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April 29, 2008 02:51 AM
Big Boy ought'a thank the sheriff. Every week he spends in the crossbar hotel probably adds another 6 months to his life expectancy.
Posted by: 70%er
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April 29, 2008 11:28 AM
Wow, he is definately what they call in prison a 'PUNK'.
Posted by: Scottie
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April 29, 2008 12:08 PM