[Mojave]

He agreed to turn himself in BEFORE the date of the funeral after barricading himself in a house and resisting arrest.

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20081119/NEWS/811190270?Title=Sheriff_s_deputies_tase_pallbearer_at_father_s_funeral

[dragnet2]

So the sheriff’s office planned to arrest him discreetly at the 2 p.m. funeral – a move that backfired in the emotionally charged environment. Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Ed McMahon chalked it up to bad timing.

Bad timing? Discreetly arrest him at a funeral??

They almost dropped the casket?

Excuse me, but BWHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Chinstrap61a]

"They backed off after he agreed to turn himself in that Monday – the day his father was supposed to have surgery. Nov. 10 came and went without the younger Russ surrendering, McMahon said. Deputies were led to believe he had left the state. Then, the younger Russ called a few days later to say he’d report to authorities after his father’s funeral. His father died on Veterans Day. This time, deputies didn’t trust him and they decided to go in and discreetly arrest him at his father’s funeral..."

Look - I like cops just fine - but this goes beyond stupid: the guy's dad died instead of just getting better at the hospital. Most any other version of human being would say something like "shoot, the guy's dad died, so maybe he'd want to go to his funeral".

Nope, these geniuses figured that the same game plan was the one that they would go with and arrest a guy just as he helped put the coffin in the hearse!. It is beyond belief that we actually have armed law enforcement officers out there that think that this kind of behaviour is acceptable. And I love their version of "discretely arresting" someone. Imagine how chaotic one of their "normal" arrests must be..

The whole bunch of them ought to be demoted to meter maids!