Colo. grave digger fired for dancing on grave

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

August 26, 2011 2:20 PM
Colo. grave digger fired for dancing on grave

CBS/AP) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A Clifton, Colo., man has been fired from his job as a grave digger after he was filmed gyrating and playing a simulated guitar while standing on a burial vault.

The Mesa County Sheriff's Office says 27-year-old Christopher Redd could face misdemeanor charges of desecration of venerated objects after his antics on July 23 at Memorial Gardens.

According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Redd says it was a botched attempt to win tickets for a rock jam festival. He says it was an empty concrete vault and it happened before a funeral service was held at the site.

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The Sentinel reports the CD allegedly showed a video of Redd standing on top of a casket, using a shovel to simulate a guitar "while he mimicked a rock and roll music video," the report said. "I observed that music had been attached to the video and Redd sang that he was a monster."



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/26/national/main20097907.shtml

[snooper2]

1. What you get busted for? "desecration of venerated objects"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


That's a story for the grandkids

[AngryAmish]

6. Next thing you now he will be charged with blasphemy

[ZombieHorde]

14. I have a clean record, but if I did have to have a "blemish" on it,

desecration of venerated objects wouldn't be too horrible.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. You have got to be kidding me.

1.) This is an offense worth firing someone?
2.) Someone actually turned this in to get the guy fired?
3.) This made the news?

Maybe tell the guy not to do it again, as he is at work and getting paid to do work, not to rock out. Beyond that, I can't see the hubbub this has caused.

[Enrique]

3. i hate to see anyone lose their job in this economy

i wonder who ratted him out.

[mahina]

4. I'd fire him too.

[snooper2]

10. why?

[mahina]

12. I guess I must just be an ass but literally dancing on a grave is disrespectful of the whole

concept. If he worked for me, I would fire him too.

[ZombieHorde]

13. Isn't a grave without a body just a hole? nt

[demosincebirth]

5. that's chicken shit. He must not have a union.

[dembotoz]

7. great topic for a thread--on whose grave would you like to dance?

so many options
just so many options....


ok how about ronnie reagan

[ladywnch]

8. I swear, there are days where I'm just embarrassed to live in this state.

like every time Tom Tancrado opens his mouth, people send up 'flying saucers' and claim their kid is trapped inside......and now. :eyes:

[Capitalocracy]

9. Apparently he didn't read the forum rules. nt

[saras]

11. If it's good enough for Elvis, it's good enough for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Znn5a-88tY

If you're bored with the interview, skip to 4:00,

but it's a great interview if you're interested in how music works.

[XemaSab]

15. Seriously?

Maybe I'm just macabre but I think that's awesome.

Anyone who has a problem with this needs to pull the stick out.

[KamaAina]

16. He needs to file a grievance with his union

[Hepburn]

17. Oh, fuck....let's cancel Halloween.

Gawd forbid someone has a fake casket. :eyes:

[Monk06]

18. I worked at a municipal parks department where the grave digger took human bones home to his dog.

No shit. The guy was a few fries short of a happy meal.

[Lucian]

19. So he danced on a grave.

Big f'n deal.

I'll piss on my grandmother's once she's gone.

[Shagbark Hickory]

20. sounds unwarranted. fascism