Things in news stories that bug you

[El Diablo]

OK, I'm talking about specifics here, not random things about the news and what they cover that annoy you.

I have two stories to discuss here. The first is the Carol Gotbaum case. USA Today story

For those of you who aren't familiar with the story, a woman apparently got drunk at the airport, became hysterical when denied boarding and made a big scene, and was arrested. In custody, she died, possibly from strangling herself in an attempt to get out of her handcuffs.

Here's what's annoying me most about this story:

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"If the airline or the police authorities had treated Carol with some modicum of sensitivity and grace, or one single person at that airport had put an arm around her shoulder, sat her down and given her some protection, she might still be with us today," Noah Gotbaum said at her funeral Sunday in New York.

Noah Gotbaum made at least three calls to the airport switchboard that day in an urgent attempt to warn police that his wife was suicidal and should not be left alone, records show. Transcripts of his calls make it clear that he thought his wife was in danger but still alive. In one call he urged dispatchers not to leave her alone.
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This woman is from a very prominent New York family. She was apparently headed to an alcohol rehab center in Phoenix. Sounds like her family had big concerns about her well-being. WHY THE F WAS SHE TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALONE THEN?

I find it disgraceful that the husband and family are pointing fingers at the airport police and others involved in this case when they are the ones who sent someone they characterize as distressed and suicidal on this trip alone.

OK, on to the second case.
$6.1 million McDonald's prank call verdict

This one doesn't really bug me, it's more just super bizarre. In this case, a prank caller was calling fast food restaurants pretending to be the police, and getting managers to strip search female employees while on the phone with him. Apparently he did this a number of times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Stewart

In this specific case, the caller asked the manager (who also had her boyfriend along) to take an employee to the back and strip, then had her assume a bunch of positions, and finally HAD HER PERFORM ORAL SEX ON THE MANAGER'S BOYFRIEND.

So, two things that bug me about that case.

1) Oral sex, WTF? "Hey the police are on the phone and say you have to blow me, go ahead" WTF? How does that happen?

2) The manager who led the strip search (and had her boyfriend assist her) WAS AWARDED $1.1M IN DAMAGES BY THE JURY, WTFWTFWTF?

BTW, the boyfriend in the case was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years in prison.