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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:18 PM Original message |
So Bill Sparkman was apparently LYNCHED. For doing his job. Taking the Census. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. How do you come |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well if it looks like a duck...you know the rest. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No, I don't know the rest - |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. . |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes, I read that - |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The man was murdered by hanging. His ID badge taped to his neck, and "fed" written on him, |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. No, he died from asphyxiation - |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It was at LEAST a symbolic lynching. Even if the poor soul was strangled and then hung. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. A symbolic lynching? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Aw, aren't you special for posting that picture. Yes, SYMBOLIC lynching. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. No, I'm not at all special - |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. actually, they're not mutually exclusive |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. That's right - |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Hanging can cause asphyxiation, the two are NOT mutually exclusive... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That's right - |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Rope might have been more of a leash thing, where was the other end of rope? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. No, we don't - |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
55. I'm not sure why you're tying yourself all up in knots trying to say it wasn't |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. "... in knots....." |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Can you please point me to the autopsy results showing positively what the manner of his death was? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 05:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Stop asking for something authentic - |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. How would a man duck tape his own hands |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Who said he did it to himself? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. One thing, it is not apparent, it is a Lynching |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wrote a long condemnation for this act yesterday |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Even if we can rule out suicide and it's murder, we don't yet know if it was political |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. His Census ID card was duct taped to his neck... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. All of the above... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Or, it's pretty obviously a case |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think this is exactly what it looks like. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. When the authorities say that they believe he was murdered out of political motives |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I figure it's part of our job description to look like fools |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I don't think it's a matter of people |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I totally agree with you on this. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I don't think there's anything wrong with talking about what it looks like. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Concur. That is was murder is clear. The reason is not |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Maybe it's manslaughter........ |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Agree, there is too much odd details out there to take a stand |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Same here - |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. What the census bureau is doing now |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. OMG - they can't do this |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. You are right. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. From what I've learned |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. If he was working the ACS, he had a laptop and no GPS... |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. Do you mean |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. 2009 |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. the RW is on this |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. I figured |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. Yes. I saw a strange woman walk across my parents backyard |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. They don't need more representatives in Congress, I guess. n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. They know they will benefit from whatever the rest of us do, while they inspire secession. |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. In that area, resentment against the Feds goes back to the 18th century Whiskey Rebellion, at least. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Little earlier than that, but yes |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. I grew up in WV, on the other side of the Big Sandy river. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
44. What makes you think he was "a native of the area"? |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. That was my original understanding. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. has there been an official/formal determination subsequent to the autopsy from the Medical Examiner? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
42. Domestic Terrorism. |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
43. I worked for the census in 1990 (processing forms) |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. What do you think "Fed", or was it "FED" or "fed", means? n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
48. Looks pretty clear that foul play was involved and some serious indicators |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. So when is the census bashing congress woman from Minnesota going to stop |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
51. Been thinking about this |
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