Crowd laughs and records Memphis couple’s heroin overdose
A Memphis couple who had overdosed on heroin became something of a sideshow for a crowd, who gathered and took pictures of the two while laughing.
A Memphis couple who had overdosed on heroin became something of a sideshow for a crowd, who gathered and took pictures of the two while laughing.
According to Memphis police, the couple had been snorting heroin at a nearby Walgreens before they were seen by a driver on Monday afternoon. The woman was hunched over near the edge of the sidewalk with her head close to the ground, while the man was sprawled out nearby.
One passerby, Courtland Garner, posted video of the two of them to Facebook, where it has been viewed over a million times.
“Man they found some good dope,” Garner said in the video. He then gestured to the man, saying, “That fella might be dead there.”
Garner defended his decision to WREG to post the video to Facebook, saying that he thought the video would help people decide not to take drugs. ”I know for a fact all the kids are on social media, and when kids see that video, you know what they are going to say? I don’t want to look stupid like that I don’t want to do those drugs,” he said.
He also told the station that he hadn’t called 911 because someone else already had, and he didn’t help the couple because “It wasn’t any of my business to help.”
