> Seeing those police officers enter someones home with their guns drawn and pointed was... a new feeling.
Is this not the culture in the US? Is it new cause they are doing it to someone white?
Is this not the culture in the US? Is it new cause they are doing it to someone white?
Source: I’ve been arrested for murder.
I've seen some interesting backstories here on HN over the years but this was a brand new one for me I think ..!
I assume they figured out you were innocent since you are here commenting about it and I also assume you won't talk about it so I won't ask but I will say I am intrigued.
The guy had been a living off the grid. A nice guy who was into green living, etc. He was retired with a good pension and savings, so decided to build his “eco cabin” in the middle of nowhere and he self reliant via renewables.
Sadly, living in the middle of nowhere means a reduction in time to arrival for emergency medical support.
He had a stroke.
The details were a bit gruesome: walking for miles seeking help before freezing to death. Scavengers arrived quickly.
My wife got the phone call. The cousin she spoke with emphasized the gory details.
My wife responded loudly and with emotion.Screaming, wailing, crying, etc.
She wanted to go the impromptu funeral they were having. Apparently he’d wanted to be buried at his cabin. No service, just have his friends dig a hole and throw him in.
Perfectly legal in that state, as long as death was reported.
She’s need the car - which means I would have to walk to work. In the winter. With images of a man I knew dying from hypothermia fresh in my head.
I said no, unless she can find her own transportation.
Buses don’t go to the middle of nowhere.
We had a bit of a shouting match.
Anyway she said she’s going to the funeral and basically stormed out the door. She didn’t take the car.
Apparently neighbors overheard. They heard my wife’s blood curtling scream, and also heard about our plan to “bury a body in the middle of nowhere.”
My wife was pregnant, which substantially increases a woman’s risk of being murdered by the father.
And she was gone.
I wasn’t certain what state the uncle’s cabin was in, much less county or municipality.
I wasn’t certain how my wife planned getting there.
My wife had a smartphone but didn’t take it with her (not as odd back then).
There were other incriminating things- bloody clothes, lots of used menstrual pads (wife is pregnant - does he have a mistress?), there had been several shootings in my apartment building. Etc.
The police arrived in a very agitated state. They were certain I killed my wife. They asked questions I probably shouldn’t have answered:
“Where is your wife? Where’s the body?”
“I don’t know where she is, but the body’s in the middle of woods somewhere”.
“Your wife is in the middle of the woods?”
“Not yet, but she will be.”
You get the drift.
I was arrested and sent to the police station to be interrogated.
I spent a lot of time waiting around, and very little time being interrogated.
I got be treated like a murderer for the length of time it took my wife to borrow a car and drive 400 miles - when she checked in with family.
Not a fun 12 hours.
It’s worth pointing out we were broke and living in a high crime neighborhood. There had been three shootings in that apartment complex that year.
Hope your life is better now!
"Necessary" is a very subjective term, and many people disagree on what is "necessary."
For example I do not believe it is "necessary" to assume with out cause or evidence that every warrant enforcement will be a violent encounter the requires a military style response like we see here
Sure if you are going after a known violent criminal that committed a violent act (like murder). however IMO These types of tactics are not "necessary" in cases like the one we have here