Ugly Ass Opinion

In a CBS News report entitled Dumb and Dumber Catch a Break, a story unfolds that sets my stupidity meter whirling about at high speed. With all the raw stupidity I encounter, that’s actually kinda hard to do.

James O’Hare and David Daloia’s friend, Virgilio Clintron, died of apparently natural causes–likely in bed. Instead of notifying the authorities, these two yahoos did their best to dress the man (they couldn’t quite get his pants all the way up, but covered the poor man’s nether regions with a coat), and then propped him up in an office chair and wheeled him across the street.

Oh yes they did.

They left his body propped up just outside the door of a convenience store, in view of the cashier, and proceeded to attempt to cash the man’s $355 check.

Despite what O’Hare and Daloia might have learned from watching Weekend at Bernies, it’s hard to hide a very dead man riding in an office chair on a busy city street. A crowd gathered, and the police detective eating at the restaurant next door was unamused. The two were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Here’s where the story gets weirder (if you can imagine such a thing.) On Tuesday, a judge dismissed the charges because —wait for it— it was unclear whether the man was alive or dead at the time they attempted to cash the check for him.

I am almost speechless, and that’s REALLY hard to do!

The man’s PANTS weren’t on all the way! He was described by witnesses as “rigid,” “very white,” and “unmoving.” Dumb and Dumber had to hold him to the chair as they pushed him down the street. And a police detective found him quite dead at the scene. But because the coroner was unable to narrow the time of death any further than ”within 24 hours,” these two boneheads walk. After trying to steal a dead man’s money.

That judge needs a thump upside the head.

I realize these two idiots could be relatively harmless idiots. I also realize we can’t lock up every bonehead with a stupid idea. When we try, they’re just meaner idiots when they get out of jail anyway. What irks me about this whole thing (besides the fact that Mr. Clintron may have family the money rightfully belongs to) is that the bean counters are running the show again.  When the letter of the law conflicts with the intent, wouldn’t you think INTENT should win hands down? You can’t possibly legislate for every circumstance. At some point, you’d THINK Common Sense would prevail.

(sigh)  I wish.

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