03-28-2009, 12:16 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Rope man used to commit suicide returned to his widow by police...
Quite an amazing story I saw on the bbc website today. How the people responsible can be allowed to keep their jobs is beyond me. This is stunningly insensitive and the woman should be entitled to compensation.
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03-28-2009, 12:34 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Location: Chicago
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That's quite fucked up. At least the gun she could have pawn.
I can't even imagine what that woman went through in those few moments of realization that she was holding the suicide weapon of choice.
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03-28-2009, 07:38 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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I don't really think this is that big of a deal...
I mean, I can understand the woman's distress, but it was just a simple, though unfortunate, mistake the police in question made. Just seems a little blown out of proportion to me.
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03-28-2009, 09:26 PM | #10 (permalink) | |
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Yes, it was an unfortunate mistake, but in the grand scheme of things, just a mistake. mehblage.
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03-29-2009, 05:25 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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Location: Flint, MI
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I think it's a tragic mistake, but let's not be so quick to blame the police for their insensitivity. The mistake may not be as simple as you think.
The detective that investigated the suicide is not the same person who processed the evidence. A victim's personal belongings are generally processed by a records clerk. Most of the time this person is a civilian. As the story said, a weapon would not have been returned, but the rope was probably not labeled as a weapon by the clerk. When the decision was made to release the man's personal belongings, the person who packaged them and delivered them more than likely had no connection to the investigation. This was a mistake caused by a breakdown in communication. The records clerk saw a rope as a personal belonging and not a weapon and was probably unaware that it was used in a suicide.
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