Witness saw no urgency as victim lay fatally injured

[LostInTime]

Unfortunately this is typical

A witness testified yesterday that he had been struck by the lack of urgency by police and an ambulance team in tending to a transgender entertainer who was fatally injured near 16th and Walnut streets in December 2002.

The witness, who asked not to be identified, said he was driving on Walnut Street about 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 22 when he came upon Nizah Morris, 47, lying in the street in front of a stopped car.

The witness said he thought the car had hit and killed her because she didn't appear to be breathing and no one was tending to her.

[Lori]

"Morris' family sued the city and Police Department, claiming her death had been caused by a chain of negligence, and won a $250,000 settlement"

At least I'll be worth something to sombebody when I'm dead.