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muriel_volestrangler

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15. Got to be a cover-up by the police, presumably to protect the police officer

Wed Oct 25, 2023, 02:37 PM

Oct 2023

They had identified the body by fingerprints (it's possible the initial identification from the prescription medicine wasn't held strong enough on its own, but fingerprints are definite). With the fingerprints, they knew they had to contact the next of kin, but didn't - leaving one voice mail is not enough. So they're negligent there, and you might argue that from that point on they're trying to cover up a death (apart from the humanity of letting his mother know what happened, an inquest for a death like that needs a timeline of where he had been, and why he was walking on that road).

In the UK, covering up a death is a criminal offence; I'd expect it is in the USA too. Someone in the police should be fired, and fearing a criminal conviction. Quite likely more than one. Well, in a jurisdiction where justice happens, anyway.

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I'm speechless......this is really bad... [View all] AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 OP

I read this article earlier on my browser. Laffy Kat Oct 2023 #1

That poor man, this poor mother redqueen Oct 2023 #2

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We need to abolish qualified immunity and go after police unions, for starters JoseBalow Oct 2023 #25

PrOtEcTiNg and SeRvInG. Let's give them lots more money so they can train better. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #5

Fucking scum. SamKnause Oct 2023 #6

Future MAGA heros 90-percent Oct 2023 #7

Awful MustLoveBeagles Oct 2023 #8

Depraved.... BigOleDummy Oct 2023 #9

ACAB ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #10

I have no words... carburyme Oct 2023 #12

correct, cops need to do much better and be less corrupt. ZonkerHarris Nov 2023 #42

FTP AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #13

Did I wake up.. chouchou Oct 2023 #11

we have been in a fourth world country for years . but i feel your pain. AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #39

Mississippi Goddamn- Nina Simone. spike jones Oct 2023 #14

Got to be a cover-up by the police, presumably to protect the police officer muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #15

I hope she can sue them out of existence. yardwork Oct 2023 #16

Exactly a kennedy Oct 2023 #20

WTH not let her know? It's not like the police would be found liable for the death since her son was cstanleytech Oct 2023 #17

Get an attorney and sue their ass for millions. a kennedy Oct 2023 #18

Murder most foul malaise Oct 2023 #19

How do you draw that conclusion? FBaggins Oct 2023 #22

Not literally malaise Oct 2023 #24

What if the pig swerved to deliberately hit the victim? JoseBalow Oct 2023 #26

Ignoring the ridiculousness of the premise... have you ever seen a car that hit a deer at highway speeds? FBaggins Oct 2023 #29

That's a lot of gymnastics just to give "the corporal" a veneer of doubt JoseBalow Oct 2023 #30

So you think the cause of death was exactly as stated by the vile liars ecstatic Oct 2023 #32

Some cops are going to have very hard questions to answer Warpy Oct 2023 #21

As the old detective said to Jack NIcholson's character in the last scene from the movie "Chinatown" AverageOldGuy Oct 2023 #23

One of the most awful stories about police that I have ever read. K and R Stuart G Oct 2023 #27

Sue the PD for EVERYTHING they have. All of it. Southern racism is ongoing domestic terrorism. Evolve Dammit Oct 2023 #28

Didn't think my opinion could drop any lower ecstatic Oct 2023 #31

Sounds like it could be retribution for the lawsuit. intheflow Oct 2023 #36

And then she had to pay $250 to the coroner to get his body back. progressoid Oct 2023 #33

His body is still in that pauper's grave jxla Oct 2023 #34

Just when I think I've heard it all about how uncivilized some cops can be KS Toronado Oct 2023 #35

well, missippi, blacks don't count there. pansypoo53219 Oct 2023 #37

Absolutely horrifying. needs to be criminal prosecution for this LymphocyteLover Oct 2023 #38

This is what eventually happens when Republicans are put in charge of anything. hadEnuf Oct 2023 #40

This is hard for me to comprehend the thinking behind keeping it secret. liberalla Oct 2023 #41