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Suicide Caught on Surveillance Tape Appears Online

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the suicides-and-jedi-sword-fights dept.

Jason writes "Reuters reports (and News.com mirrors) that the video of a man who shot himself after his girlfriend broke up with him has appeared online under the heading of 'Introducing: The Self-Cleansing Housing Projects.' It goes on to say that the police officers receive no training to deal with privacy issues."

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  1. Bad people by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dont know what sickens me more - that people flock to see this so much, or that they put it up in Windows Media Format!!

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  2. At least.... by CmdrMooCow · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least its not a 'how to' or a Suicide FAQ.

    Hmm... Sounds like a whole company could be created around this whole thing: Suicide'R'us.

    Only problem is that business keeps dropping off....

    Either that or they don't have any repeat customers.

  3. knee jerk by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Funny

    Im on for 50 that some senator will pass an emergency law making searching, viewing, downloading or even caching this file carry upto 20 years jail. I'd tend to agree with him on this one - you simply cannot have people encoding in windows media format, its just not right!

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  4. Watch out by moltar77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    For those in more sensitive environments, be aware that the link in the parent post contains some porn ad banners.

    1. Re:Watch out by Karma+Sink · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, you wouldn't want something untoward to appear on the screen while you're watching a video of a man killing himself. That might get you in trouble.

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