# Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496 "2023-05-03T11:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 85
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1681 "2024-08-22T23:43:45Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Yes, it’s commonly given advice to have a housesitter during funerals precisely for that reason. And the housesitter is instructed to answer the landline if it rings. You don’t want a call to roll over to voicemail and give the caller the idea that there isn’t someone there. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1682 "2024-08-23T00:33:53Z")
Unless you’ve got a heavily armed _Home Alone_ defense set up. 😉 j/k. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1683 "2024-08-23T00:57:36Z")
Fuck cultural relativism - this is just flat-out fucking evil. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1684 "2024-08-23T13:55:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ve heard of people (not just him) robbing houses during funerals. I think the advice is to ask _someone_ to stay in the house during the funeral to discourage this. There are still funeral/death notices in the newspaper or something? Is that the problem? > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Fuck cultural relativism - this is just flat-out fucking evil. This ^ just needed repeated. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1685 "2024-08-23T13:58:41Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > There are still funeral/death notices in the newspaper or something? Around here, the paper will generally carry only the death notice, along with the funeral home. One usually needs to visit the website of the mortuary to find the extended obituary, which will list the time/place of the service. You can, however, pay to have the extended obituary published in the paper, and that’s still the best way to let the public know that a person has passed and when respects can be paid. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1686 "2024-08-23T14:02:06Z")
Any burglar whose MO includes funerals knows the name and url of the local funeral places. It’s not hard. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1687 "2024-08-23T14:31:38Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Guy searched online obituaries for funeral notices. When the funeral was held, he would break into the house and steal what he could. A _police officer_ was doing that around here a while back. > **[Former Jefferson County sheriff's deputy charged with burglarizing homes of...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2019/12/17/complaint-wisconsin-deputy-burglarized-homes-people-funerals/2678721001/)** > > A former sheriff's deputy was charged with burglary timed to funerals. She claimed Facebook marketplace confusion when confronted. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1688 "2024-08-23T14:38:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Any burglar whose MO includes funerals knows the name and url of the local funeral places Hell, I subscribe via email to the obit notices of a couple of the local funeral homes. That’s how I generally learn of the passing of friends and acquaintances. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1689 "2024-08-23T14:38:31Z")
She was later sentenced to [two years in prison](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/27/former-sheriffs-deputy-gets-prison-funeral-related-burglary-spree/4263447001/#). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1690 "2024-08-23T14:46:43Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A _police officer_ was doing that around here a while back. When things like this happen, a pro-police guy I know will tell you that it is further proof we do not pay police enough. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1691 "2024-08-23T14:58:05Z")
The police who were committing overtime fraud and detail fraud in Massachusetts were pulling in $150k-$200k before the fraud. One of my neighbors has pulled in over $300k in some recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1692 "2024-08-23T15:28:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A _police officer_ was doing that around here a while back. > > [Complaint: Wisconsin deputy burglarized homes of people at funerals](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2019/12/17/complaint-wisconsin-deputy-burglarized-homes-people-funerals/2678721001/) She was a corrections officer for the county jail, a significant difference from being a police officer, though she did work law enforcement for the sheriff’s office and therefore could be accurately called a sheriff’s deputy. But she wasn’t a police officer who was out patrolling or acting as a first responder. I think that’s important to point out the difference, because saying she was a police officer is implying that she was given the responsibility of keeping people in the community safe, when that wasn’t her role. If someone given that responsibility was instead robbing people at their most vulnerable, it would be even worse. The truth is bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1693 "2024-08-23T15:38:39Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > She was a corrections officer for the county jail, a significant difference from being a police officer, though she did work law enforcement for the sheriff’s office and therefore could be accurately called a sheriff’s deputy. But she wasn’t a police officer who was out patrolling or acting as a first responder. Splitting hairs, but at least in some states (Florida for example) a prison corrections officer is considered a first responder and receives benefits as one. Also (at least in Florida) a corrections officer is given priority if they apply for work with the local police department. (My son is in corrections in Florida) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1694 "2024-08-23T15:39:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Splitting hairs, but at least in some states (Florida for example) a prison corrections officer is considered a first responder and receives benefits as one. Splitting hairs of me splitting hairs, those hairs are going to be microscopic! (But good info. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1695 "2024-08-24T05:07:16Z")
It seems like there have been some horrifying knife attacks lately. They never make a frontpage headline but are just as shocking to me. > **[At least 3 dead and 6 injured in knife attack at festival in Germany](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/deadly-knife-attack-festival-germany-rcna168050)** > > The attacker is believed to have used a knife in the incident at a festival commemorating the 650th anniversary of the city of Solingen, a police spokesperson said. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1696 "2024-08-24T12:55:04Z")
Dedicated thread on topic: > [@German Festival Stabbing Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-festival-stabbing-attack/1006124): > > A fatal stabbing attack at a German “Festival of Diversity” kills 3 and leaves 5 critically injured. Apparently the attacker got away? That’s absolutely wild. How do you stab multiple people to death in broad view of hundreds of people and then just slip away? Terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1697 "2024-08-24T13:48:38Z")
Terror makes people uncoordinated and panicky. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1698 "2024-08-24T14:39:31Z")
And, they’re not going to line up to confront you as you run away. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1699 "2024-08-24T14:59:32Z")
Also, knives are just scarier IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/1700 "2024-08-24T17:39:31Z")
A knife makes somewhat less noise than a gun, so a crowd cannot identify the attacker as easily. And people are more likely to be rushing to help the victims rather than subdue the attacker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=86)