What kind of detective would leave evidence on site, so it can be destroyed by criminal later?
What a half-asS car chase!! There's nothing stopping the 'hard-asS' detective to get back to his car and start chasing again! Anyway, the whole set and the editing are wrong.
the guy hadn't the search warrant for the garage but i agree some scenes are missing
shareI could be wrong, but wouldn't finding a missing car with blood in a suspects 'hideout' be cause enough to search the premises and take the car? Even if not, it would take all of 5 minutes to call the judge and get a warrant in that case. Also, why would they not have the woman (home owner) in custody when they have a sting operation going on?
Finally, if the town where the serial killings were taking place didn't have the manpower/resources to take on the case/catch the killers, why wouldn't they contact the FBI. I find it hard to believe that a serial murdering ground with over 50 corpses (over time) and active murders would get such little attention. How did they not know about the killing spot when it was in the middle of where all these bodies had been found over the course of years. Not once did they decided to comb the entire area when more and more bodies surfaced? I'd imagine that even if the local authorities didn't ask for help the FBI would have eventual found out and got involved.
Others have also pointed out the car chase (why get out of the car and just let them drive away?). And why did they let that pimp go when he admitted to prostituting and beating an underage girl? I can't find a reason (beside tailing him as bait, which they didn't do) they wouldn't lock him up for that. At the least it had to violate his parole and that alone would send him back to prison. Nothing in this film made any sense.
I could be wrong, but wouldn't finding a missing car with blood in a suspects 'hideout' be cause enough to search the premises and take the car?
You are not wrong. It is an exception to the rule that they need a warrant for a search since the car can leave while a detective secures a warrant.
I'm watching the movie now but...
Was the car in a garage on private property? Yes? Then how did they know there was blood on it unless they entered the property illegally?
Cop: Yeah Judge, we have a car with blood evidence and we need a warrant to search.
Judge: If the cars in a private residence how do you know there is blood evidence in it?
Cop: We trespassed.
Judge: DOH!
I don't know maybe that's how they do things in Texas or maybe this is just a dumb movie about dumb cops.
It is a common misconception that if the law is broken to obtain evidence, the evidence is inadmissible.
If the police violate the Fourth (or Fifth) Amendment rights OF THE ACCUSED, the fruits of the violation cannot be used AGAINST THE ACCUSED. So if the cop went into Lady Worm's garage in violation of her rights, the blood could not be used against her. But he wasn't violating Rule's rights by going into Lady Worm's garage.
(Sorry, but I'm a lawyer and couldn't let that one pass.)
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Thank you! The police in this movie sucked! I live in Texas, and I can tell you right now that if you are waiting on a couple of kidnapper/rapists/murder suspects in the bayou, you aren't going to be doing it alone! They NEVER called for help, and when they did, one cop car showed up and did nothing. That bothered me so much about this movie. The police work and behavior was so unrealistic and stupid.
shareIn the real life case that The French Connection was based on, a car was found with evidence in the trunk. The cops gambled that it was better to leave it, and risk some third party trying to steal the car or whatever, and hope the criminals would come claim it. So they did just what you're claiming a cop wouldn't do.
I think your complaints have more to do with the movie not being a phony Hollywood cliche than being unrealistic. It's pretty bad when people judge realism based on what they've seen in Michael Bay films.
There were stupid things the cops did in this movie, but baiting the criminals wasn't one of them.