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Son Knocks Over Mom's Casket at Funeral After 'Chaotic' Family Brawl
Newsweek ^ | 8/11/2022 | Jack Beresford

Posted on 08/13/2022 3:53:11 PM PDT by simpson96

A man in California was arrested last weekend after a family argument at a funeral turned ugly, resulting in a mass brawl that saw the suspect allegedly hit someone with his car and knock over the casket containing the deceased.(snip)

Lieutenant Matt Stonebraker of the Richmond Police Department told SFGate, the San Francisco Chronicle website, that grass was damaged by the car. Several headstones and vases were also damaged, and a water main was broken close to the funeral plot where the family met, causing flooding in the area.(snip)

After the physical fight, "one of the family members tried to run over his sister with the vehicle" but missed and hit another relative and the water main, Pomeroy told San Francisco Bay Area station KNTV.

He said there was clearly friction between those in attendance, adding, "A family member brought a stun gun to the services because of long-standing family issues."

The injuries suffered by the unnamed relative hit by the car, who is reportedly 33 years old, were described by Pomeroy as "non-life-threatening," according to SFGate.

The car's driver also suffered some minor injuries after reportedly being struck in the head by a family member carrying a cane.

"They used the cane to try to get him under control," Pomeroy told SFGate. "The suspect was hit a couple times. The cane came from someone who was at the funeral. I don't know that they ever identified where the cane came from."(snip)

Police estimated that the incident led to around $20,000 in damage to the property, according to SFGate.

Kamilah Thompson, the manager of Rolling Hills, called the occurrence a "bizarre incident" and not something that regularly occurs at the cemetery.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: california; didyoukaren; didyousearch; mattstonebraker; sanfrancisco; shutupthreadkaren; whoops
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1 posted on 08/13/2022 3:53:11 PM PDT by simpson96
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How the heck do you manage to break a water main at a cemetery?
2 posted on 08/13/2022 3:54:52 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: simpson96

Above ground water main?


3 posted on 08/13/2022 3:55:29 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: simpson96

Do I REALLY need to look?


4 posted on 08/13/2022 3:56:10 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: simpson96

I don’t believe anything that Newsweek prints.


5 posted on 08/13/2022 3:58:10 PM PDT by richardtavor ( )
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"A family member brought a stun gun to the services because of long-standing family issues."

Gotta love that.

6 posted on 08/13/2022 3:58:32 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Maybe they mean something like a standpipe, rather than an actual “water main.”


7 posted on 08/13/2022 3:59:06 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: simpson96

“… the manager of Rolling Hills, called the occurrence a “bizarre incident” and not something that regularly occurs at the cemetery.…”
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A bit of excitement at an otherwise routinely boring place.


8 posted on 08/13/2022 3:59:14 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX!)
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To: Ann Archy

....”Kamilah Thompson, the manager of Rolling Hills,.....”

I would guess you really don’t need to look.....Kimilah or Kamalah.....?? our intellectually-chllenged Vice President might find this of interest....


9 posted on 08/13/2022 3:59:32 PM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
[Sergeant Aaron] Pomeroy... said there was clearly friction between those in attendance... Kamilah Thompson, the manager of Rolling Hills, called the occurrence a "bizarre incident" and not something that regularly occurs at the cemetery.

10 posted on 08/13/2022 3:59:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (No photos -- that can only mean one thing.)
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To: simpson96

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!


11 posted on 08/13/2022 3:59:51 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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I googled the incident and looked over half a dozen news reports couldn’t find any pictures of the participants or their names.

Musta been them Amish again.


12 posted on 08/13/2022 3:59:52 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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Trashy People Trashing like Trash does.


13 posted on 08/13/2022 4:00:13 PM PDT by Bayard
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Wow...they haven’t even gotten to the reading of the will yet.

Perhaps they ought to do that one by Zoom.


14 posted on 08/13/2022 4:00:55 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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I will not judge the ways of other peoples and cultures. I know that all cultures are equal, and none is better than any other. To believe otherwise would be bigoted and rassist.


15 posted on 08/13/2022 4:00:56 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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16 posted on 08/13/2022 4:01:06 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Ann Archy
Do I REALLY need to look?

No reason to. No pictures of the Amish and no Amish names.

17 posted on 08/13/2022 4:01:17 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: Tax-chick
Or a sprinkler head.

Do they have sprinklers in cemeteries?

They don't in my part of the country but you know... California.

18 posted on 08/13/2022 4:01:31 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“couldn’t find any pictures of the participants or their names”

Odd, isn’t it? ;)


19 posted on 08/13/2022 4:01:56 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Bayard

Did he stun gun the deceased ?


20 posted on 08/13/2022 4:02:18 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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