Ryan Waller, a 22-year-old man who, despite having a bullet in his eye, endured 4 hours of interrogation by cops who thought he was lying—only to receive medical help too late.

[u/SilkenSeraph]

[u/ButterflyS919]

The fact that he kept saying he had been shot and the cops just ignored him and kept saying -he- had done the shooting.... and then they finally have that Oh Shit! Moment and get him help.

The whole thing was so frustrating, partly because you already know the outcome, and partly because even not knowing you can tell something isn't right with him and the cops just keep prodding and prodding instead of getting a medical check out on him.

[u/HotPinkDemonicNTitty → u/ButterflyS919]

He was clearly speaking like someone with a head injury, they were idiots. Also I remember being unimpressed with the cop’s reaction once he saw the bullet wound. Didn’t seem urgent or apologetic enough for realizing someone’s been shot in the head and you’ve ignored it for hours. Had “um weird, let me go get my manager” vibes. The poor guy was already the victim of a crime and lost a loved one and then is subjected to this bs.

[u/LastMessengineer → u/ButterflyS919]

I was haunted by the image of him wandering around his apartment for three days on autopilot with a bullet lodged in his brain and his girlfriend "sleeping" on the couch.

[u/AbbysHubby → u/LastMessengineer]

Not to be that guy but this was proven false check OP’s comment for a better idea of the timeline, doesn’t change the fact that those cops are mental tho.

[u/LastMessengineer → u/AbbysHubby]

Maybe. The interrogation video had him wandering around his house for a few days. The idea of that was very disturbing.

[u/mountingconfusion → u/ButterflyS919]

A lot of cops seem to believe that punishment is more important than protection so they prefer letting an innocent person die than letting a potentially bad person god free (unless they're buddies of course)