Census worker hanged with 'fed' on body

[Raine1967]

From the AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jbzG_BlkG2Hfc818EPRRn1bBlP6gD9AT92400

The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery, and a law enforcement official told The Associated Press the word 'fed" was scrawled on the dead man's chest.

The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. The Census has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether the death was a killing or a suicide, and if a killing, whether the motive was related to his government job or to anti-government sentiment.

Investigators have said little about the case. The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, said Wednesday the man was found hanging from a tree and the word "fed" was written on the dead man's chest. The official did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word.

FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is helping state police with the case. <[ more at the link >]

Please note the day of this man's death.

[Raine1967]

1. Sadly, this was my 1K post. Welcome to our America, in 2009.

I am shaking with sadness.

[TheKentuckian]

2. So damn disturbing. Needless to say I'm ashamed to be a Kentuckian today (nt)

[CherokeeDem]

4. As A Kentuckian, I Share Your Shame....

Unbelieveable...

[Jakes Progress]

7. Now you know how we feel here in Texas so often. nt

[uponit7771]

24. yeap

[Raven]

3. Can we begin to count the hands this fine gentleman's blood is on?

Glen
Michelle
Rush
Countless Repubs

I could go on but I'm sickened.

[hileeopnyn8d]

5. That's just awful

I hope they find the whoever is responsible.

[undeterred]

6. Very ambiguous headline.

[Raine1967]

14. you concern is noted. Thanks.

[rufus dog]

8. From Huffpo

The 51-year-old Sparkman had recently beaten the odds in an often fatal form of cancer. That was while he spent two years earning a teaching degree while holding down two jobs.


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/23/bill-sparkman-census-work_n_297220.html


These are some sick people, and I include all of Hate Radio.

[Phx_Dem]

9. This is on you, GOP. Rile the anti-government hatemongers and this is what you get.

Happy?

[Fire1]

10. People are pathetic. n/t

[Downtown Hound]

11. Damn. Of all things to get upset about...why the fucking census worker?

You give out more personal information when you open up an account at the damn video store. But people out there get so upset about the census worker interfering in their lives that now somebody's gone and killed one of them?

What a fucked up country we live in.

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Check out this video showing Bachmann and Glenn Beck attacking the US Census

FLASHBACK: Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann fan flames of fear over US Census (VIDEO from June 2009)....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x376578

[Raine1967]

15. Thanks for posting this.

I saw it earlier this evening.

I lay this on the feet of Glenn Beck.

[Zoeisright]

20. +1

[Orsino]

13. Damned outside agitator.

Jesus. This is terrible.

[Faygo Kid]

16. Thank you, Glenn Beck. And the rest of your ilk.

That damned "fed"eral government. We live in a world of the movie Deliverance anymore. Beck and Rush need to be held accountable for what they are stirring up.

[rmp yellow]

17. We helped the right-wing by pulling the report on extremism on the rise

Janet Napolitano chickened out and pulled the report that accurately predicted a rise in extremist right-wing behavior.

Now they feel empowered.

[SpartanDem]

18. Just horrible

no doubt the RW noise machine as blood on their hands

[Undercurrent]

19. Sad.

hate speech + gullible idiots = deadly violence

Nothing has changed in the hearts of far to many Americans. It's a sad day.

[beac]

21. Beck, Bachmann, Palin, Limbaugh-- this man's blood is on their hands.

It makes this atheist want to believe in hell just so I could imagine those sick focks in it. :mad:

[nemo137]

22. Bachmann specifically, she's been talking about "resisting the census"

Wonder if she knows about this?

[beac]

29. I think we should all give her a call today and congratulate her on her "kill"

[phone]


:mad:

[nemo137]

30. I'd been looking for that, thanks

[RepublicanElephant]

23. ...and they mocked nancy pelosi's warning. nt

[TomCADem]

25. The Fox News Body Count Keeps On Rising

[Odin2005]

26. Here comes the LYNCHINGS!

FUCK YOU, BACHMANN, FUCK YOU!!!

[Lord Helmet]

27. I blame Beck and the rest of the rw nutjobs for this.

[davidpdx]

28. I hope the story comes out why he was found dead

and if he was killed his killers are tracked down and prosecuted. If I had to take a wild guess, it sounds to me like they didn't like the fact that the guy was counting minorities.