America, Just Wow

"I just don't know how much of a fight I want to get into. [sigh]" -- Columbus, Ohio Police Officer on why he doesn't arrest a raging ignoramus for disorderly conduct

This video tells you everything you need to know about America right now, why things are the way they are.  The story in the video above is tragic.  But also needless, stupid, and belligerent.  This is who we are. 

A woman is pulled over driving the car of a stranger -- who is slumped over dead of an overdose in the passenger seat.  The dead woman's husband is looking for her, because she has an appointment at a drug rehab place. 

The victim had allegedly taken the driver, who she met yesterday, to get her prescriptions, and allegedly she was fine.  But then she wasn't feeling well.  And instead of going to a hospital, her new friend kept driving around.

That's where the story doesn't get fleshed out.  Because the dead woman's daughter and son-in-law arrive.  And the son-in-law becomes such a buffoon, such a loud, angry little man, right off the top, that a lot of people would definitely have been in handcuffs.  The police have to protect the driver from the son-in-law so they can attempt to continue taking her statement.

He doesn't give his wife or her father any space to deal with their wife/mom lying dead in her car with some weirdo driving around like it's Weekend at Bernie's, crack zombie edition.  He makes it all about himself to such an extent that the only reason he doesn't get arrested is that the cops simply don't want the aggravation of fighting him and doing all the paperwork. 

Because it's such a strange investigation.  They really do need to talk to this woman, find out exactly where they went, what happened, when, all that.  When exactly did she die?  Where was she off to in such a big hurry with a woman slumped dead next to her?  What did she need the car for so badly?  What charges will she face exactly?

What does this man want the police to do, drag the woman through the streets by her feet?  They're asking her questions to get her statement on the record.  STFU and let the grownups work, Kevin.  This is really important right now. 

What a sickening story all around.  This is what we've come down to as a country.  I feel terrible for the young woman who just lost her mother and is also married to that guy.