We were met with one of the most brutal sights we had ever seen.
As anyone who has read In Plain Sight, Dan Davies' brutal but important book on the subject, can tell you, it would be almost impossible for a historic scandal of the kind described not to have some sort of connection with the man.
But the opposite occurs when leaders show a capacity to acknowledge the brutal reality without losing sight of their aspirations.
Several political dissidents who were imprisoned in Myanmar's brutal prisons out of sight and earshot have courageously now risen to speak on behalf of those who do not have a voice, including the targeted Muslims and other minorities.
A New York Times editorial said the writer had never witnessed a more disgusting and humiliating sight than the brutal mob in the streets of the city.
The sight of a brutal crucified Christ makes her glad she's not a Christian, which she couldn't be anyway until she understands God.
With no end in sight to the brutal wars that create refugee crises, Dangerous Sanctuaries is vital reading for anyone concerned with how refugee flows affect the dynamics of conflicts around the world.
But if I don't hold back, and I share that I lost my sight from a brutal assault in San Francisco's infamous Castro District, they cry or start to vent about the hate that goes on within the gay community.
Two years into the uprising-turned-civil war in Syria, there seems no end in sight to the brutal conflict that according to United Nations estimates, has already cost the lives of 60,000 people.
Regeni's death is a mystery hiding in plain sight: his seemingly inexplicable, brutal torture and killing reflects the demise of Egyptian democracy, the stripping away of already limited liberties and protections, the brutal crackdown on dissent, the increase in torture and forced disappearances, the tendency to blame the country's problems on outside conspiracies.
