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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 ...


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KEYWORDS: california; didyoukaren; didyousearch; mattstonebraker; sanfrancisco; shutupthreadkaren; whoops
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To: simpson96

They were probably arguing over which medical school was the best and which one would be admitted.


61 posted on 08/13/2022 7:25:26 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: RummyChick

Nevermind, the numbers appear to be squad numbers of the unit that responded to the call.


62 posted on 08/13/2022 7:26:08 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: simpson96

Will the water main break impact the mid-term election? You know the entire cemetery is a reliable Democrat voting block.


63 posted on 08/13/2022 7:40:45 PM PDT by bobcat62
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To: Tax-chick

“A family member brought a stun gun to the services because of long-standing family issues.”
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Not going to help - Mom was already dead.


64 posted on 08/13/2022 8:34:26 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: simpson96

Sounds like a scene from a comedy


65 posted on 08/13/2022 11:12:30 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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