Colin Kaepernick pays for autopsy of Black student found hanging from tree
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On one hand I'm glad this is actually going to get some attention and answers.
On the other hand, I'm pissed that 1) it has to be a rich private citizen to get it done, and 2) this story didn't even make it a whole day in the news cycle because a cut-and-dry murder of a fascist was--and still is--more important.
How much could an autopsy really cost?
A couple thousand dollars.
Are you assuming or do you know? Do coroner surgeons really get paid that much for a few hours work? How many tests are performed?
Bro, it's healthcare. The coroners aren't getting paid that, the hospital is. And yes, a Google search puts it between free (for criminal cases the state is pursuing) to a few thousand dollars for private autopsies.
$3000-$10,000, depending on tests required, but in this case they would only be interested in evidence of defensive wounds or trauma caused by someone else.
I found a place in Colorado that does private autopsies for the entire continental US: https://www.postmortempath.com/
I verified they're a real business. Here's an excerpt from their FAQ:
Gosh, if only we had some sort of object at our fingertips that would let us look up information like that in an instant… perhaps something that could even let us look at several different sources to compare information…
Because the internet said so? I can't imagine it costing anything else.
Bout tree fiddy
Can we not do the Reddit thing where it's a race to post the funniest comment on even the heaviest topics, drowning out serious discussions?
Can we not do the thing where we complain about innocent comments that annoy us just to get our domaine instead of just blocking the user and never having to see it again?
"A little bit of litter is no big deal; who cares if we make a shared space worse?"
You’re making the shared space worse.
As I said to the other user:
Some people dislike litter more than they dislike people pointing out litter, and some feel the opposite. You are in the latter category.
Gotta say, i prefer a South Park reference to your whining about said reference.
...who's really stinking up the joint, in this scenario?
You.
You're making a personal attack out of me asking someone not to Reddit our Lemmy.
Dumb jokes are my coping mechanism for the ever-growing darkness that is slowly consuming my country and my soul.
But it's so le funny and gets updoots
10 dollars?
There's always money in the autopsy stand
I’d rather have a banana
Is an autopsy independent? I have no idea how that even works, but i wouldn't trust it at all if the police has any way to get their fat fingers in between the autopsy and the results.
People fund independent autopsies for exactly this reason.
It's done by an independent person with no connection to any branch of government or police.
Who is elected, and typically runs with the support of a political party.
Yes the government does an autopsy and your concerns absolutely apply. However, the family is free to do a followup autopsy with whomever they wish. That's what this funding is for.
You assume they're talking about the independent one.
I believe it is.
Conservatives: Kaepernick paid the coroner to say it was murder
(they said the same with George Floyd’s autopsy)