# I saw a dead man today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385 "2009-04-26T05:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385/21 "2009-04-29T20:40:58Z")
I’m a nurse in a nursing home, so seeing dead bodies is nothing unusual or disturbing. However, one day, on my way home from work, there was the body of a homeless woman lying in the road who had just been hit by a car. There were people directing traffic into the other lane, but they didn’t bother to cover the body in any way. It seemed surreal seeing an old lady lying twisted in the road. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385/22 "2009-04-30T05:24:26Z")
Jus checked back in, saw \*\*Bruce Wayne’s \*\*update. So, we may actually be looking at a righteous shooting. Well, I wish I could say that’s a relief, but \*\*Thalion’s \*\*latest post tells me that it’s simply the least destructive scenario for the cop involved. So, I double and triple my damnation of the television coverage of the immediate event. There is no excuse for that. Nothing that audience ever sees on that station will ever make up for that witness’s words. I am ashamed for my profession. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385/23 "2009-06-27T03:56:12Z")
Update: [Officer cleared of wrongdoing.](http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/06/burton_police_officer_cleared.html) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385/24 "2009-06-27T04:23:58Z")
> [@Bruce\_Wayne](#): > > My best friend is a cop… And how is Commissioner Gordon these days? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385/25 "2009-06-27T13:58:30Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > gun at 2 o’clock Would make sitting down a bit difficult. Stab your leg or crotch every time. And not be as easy to draw for me, at least. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385/26 "2009-06-27T16:01:28Z")
> [@Sunrazor](#): > > **Thalion** , if your theory is correct, do you think this indicates a guy put on a badge who shouldn’t have? I mean, worst case scenario, the officer just flat panicked and grabbed his weapon; but even if his brain said “Taser” and his hand accidentally found his sidearm, that has to be an “Oh, my God what have I done!” that will last a lifetime. Should this guy have been in uniform in the first place? Could “the system” that hired him, trained him, and put him on the street be liable for ruining two lives? > > I know, I know, we’re all speculating here, and there is a long, hard investigation that has to be done. And that’s why I want to throttle the fucking TV producer who allowed the “witness’” words “He didn’t need to die like that” to be aired. I understand, she’s a little traumatized by what she saw, but to allow her to pass judgement like that on the air – just another in very, very long line of irresponsible moments in TV “news”. No, the “system” is not responsible for ruining 2 lives, the system has nothing to do with it. Shit happens, accidents happen. I am sorry of the poor guy made a mistake through panic, or whatever mechanism, I can hope that he gets mental help if it is needed, but this amorphus ‘system’ to which you refer is not responsible for an accident. That is why it is called an accident, because it is not an on purpose. Of course if he shot him on purpose instead of tasing him, then perhaps there needs to be something done, as that is undue force being used … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-dead-man-today/494385.md?page=1)