Dead drunk

You gotta hand it to Chinese police captain Xie Feiyong and the family of the late traffic officer Chen Lusheng.

They gave it the old college try. They tried to get ol’ Chen honored as a police “martyr.” Instead the big shots found out that “Chugalug” Chen died from a drinking binge.

Oh, how our idols crumble.

The sordid truth is that Chen got dead drunk at a banquet after work, barfed, passed out on a couch and suffocated.

Not very glamorous.

But Chen’s captain knew that wouldn’t look good in The Official Report. And Chen’s family wanted a bigger payout for the loss of their loved one.

So they tried to say that Chen checked out in a work-related incident and was therefore some kind of hero. They basically blurred the lines between honoring the fallen and getting falling-down drunk.

Tsk, tsk.

Good thing the higher-ups wouldn’t play along. They preserved the glory of real heroes, and they didn’t waste The People’s taxes.

And they also don’t have to create a new badge featuring crossed shot glasses.