In wake of St. Paul suicide, a callous Facebook post
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Michael Bringle
Some Facebook users reached a new low today -- even for Facebook users -- when someone thought it was a good idea to post the image of a man in St. Paul who took his own life.
The St. Paul Police Department -- and cops see the worst in us every day -- was rightfully shocked at the callousness toward a man who had lived with mental health issues.
He was a person.
A post on several Facebook groups insisted (erroneously) that Pringle, 50, was lynched.
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