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MADem

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44. Yes, he was--at this stage, it's still a big mystery. We don't know, and we shouldn't assume.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:54 PM
Mar 2015

I'm hoping it's not the "worst case." We really don't need that shit.

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They are saying this was a likely suicide Wella Mar 2015 #1
They made the same bullshit claims about Lennon Lacy, too. eom MohRokTah Mar 2015 #3
The FBI actually said that it was a likely suicide Wella Mar 2015 #4
I doubt it seriously. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #7
I'm searching for verification that Lennon Lacy was a lynching--other than peoples' opinions Wella Mar 2015 #10
Get over yourself. cwydro Mar 2015 #30
yea, that criminal record part is crucial G_j Mar 2015 #2
I think it is. Someone might have wanted revenge. 840high Mar 2015 #6
He murdered the mother of a Republican congressional candidate. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #9
Another way to put it: onenote Mar 2015 #33
Either way, he murdered a politically connected white woman (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #34
who moved to Vermont after college 30 some years ago. onenote Mar 2015 #39
Or maybe the guilt of what he did finally overwhelmed him onenote Mar 2015 #36
I agree, KMOD Mar 2015 #14
I don't think it is distasteful to mention it--it could be the reason he's dead. MADem Mar 2015 #28
Wasn't he last seen at a casino? Did I remember that wrong? arcane1 Mar 2015 #35
Yes, he was--at this stage, it's still a big mystery. We don't know, and we shouldn't assume. MADem Mar 2015 #44
Agreed, on all counts. arcane1 Mar 2015 #45
We have no idea as to why he may have chosen to take his own life. KMOD Mar 2015 #38
You're speculating, too--but it's unreasonable of you to limit the parameters of the speculation. MADem Mar 2015 #43
We have no idea why KMOD Mar 2015 #46
Look, I am uninterested in fighting with you about this, but the facts of the matter are these: MADem Mar 2015 #47
I'm not going to hide this thread. But, honestly, you will never, really know why. KMOD Mar 2015 #48
Now see, that's just UNKIND -- "Have fun with your speculation" like wanting to know what happened MADem Mar 2015 #49
What the Eff is wrong with you? KMOD Mar 2015 #50
I might ask you the same question. MADem Mar 2015 #51
her daughter, not son, is a former officer in the Vermont National Guard onenote Mar 2015 #41
That's why I am not drawing conclusions yet. It's not a slam dunk as to why this happened. nt MADem Mar 2015 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author bravenak Mar 2015 #5
Looks like a newspaper headline from 1930. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #8
What nonsense. cwydro Mar 2015 #13
No one WANTS a lynching philosslayer Mar 2015 #17
I sure hope no one wants it to be a lynching. cwydro Mar 2015 #20
if it was suicide, we will never know why KMOD Mar 2015 #18
I agree KMOD cwydro Mar 2015 #23
You missed my point. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #26
Ok, I see that I did. cwydro Mar 2015 #27
...^ that 840high Mar 2015 #29
Investigating the cause but they did say that they did not find anything that he could have jumped jwirr Mar 2015 #11
He had no other injuries except for those consistent KMOD Mar 2015 #19
Yes, I am also sorry for the family. jwirr Mar 2015 #22
Makes me sick to my stomach, seeing that. Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #12
The sheriff was a former NAACP leader and he was one if the first to tell people Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #15
A Lot of People Commit Suicide...... Grassy Knoll Mar 2015 #16
White people hang themselves from trees, too. KMOD Mar 2015 #21
Dang KMOD. cwydro Mar 2015 #24
Sorry About Your Father.... Grassy Knoll Mar 2015 #25
Trust me, I realize the connotations involved in this. KMOD Mar 2015 #31
Folks, hoping and praying for a hate crime is ... despicable. Let the facts tell BP2 Mar 2015 #32
I don't think anyone is "hoping and praying" that this was a hate crime. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #37
Yes. KMOD Mar 2015 #40
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