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And their planes made with scrap parts are still flying around.

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[–] CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 150 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

I mean, fuck Boeing and the death still seems suspicious. But to claim that there was no police investigation is just lying. Suspect a cover-up or frame or whatever if you want, but seems like there was a pretty thorough investigation: https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/05/18/police-release-investigation-report-boeing-whistleblower-death/

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

An unpopular opinion, but I'm not buying a conspiracy either. The guy wanted to hurt Boeing, had just finished testifying and saw the writing on the wall that Boeing was going to walk, and decided to kill himself as a last stab at bringing attention to it. Worked like a charm too.

It’s only unpopular because every time someone dies that’s even tangentially associated with some corporate fuckery the internet instantly calls it an assassination. It’s absolutely stupid, but the hive mind seems to be geared to desperately want everything to be a conspiracy. No better than the conservatives making vaccines a conspiracy.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

there’s proof it wasn’t a suicide in the article you’ve linked there… well, it’s not the same as having the complete police report, buuut:

finger was still on the trigger when officers attempted to remove the gun from his hand. A police report states no fingerprints were recovered from the gun.

so, he wiped down the gun and bullets for fingerprints, and then shot himself?
sounds a lot like someone else shot him or put the gun in his hand and made him shoot himself (like by threatening his family)… and a shiny silver revolver is great for collecting fingerprints….
could’ve been an omitted detail… or soaked in blood?

they mention his fingerprints were found all over his notebook, so that seems pretty inconsistent….
….
i’ll just go smoke my Sherlock Holmes pipe now….

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

Let me get this straight. You think somebody else wiped down the fingerprints on the gun, shot him, and then stuck his finger on the trigger without thinking about creating any fingerprints? Does seem like someone half-assed the wrong step of that operation...

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

You've misread the passive language here. 'no prints were recovered' can mean that they tried to find prints and couldn't, or that they never even bothered to try getting prints off the gun.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 15 points 6 hours ago

Also, people need to understand that not everything you touch will 100% have your fingerprints.

[–] Supervivens@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It could also mean no print were recovered other than his obviously which they may have just not bothered to mention

[–] TheYojimbo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Yeah that's the obvious answer here, his finger was on the gun so his prints were there too...

[–] parody@lemmings.world 5 points 6 hours ago

like by threatening his family

Exactly. Boeing investors/management maybe didn’t kill anybody. They simply asked him if he loved $familyMember1 ($age, $location, $bestFriend), $familyMember2 ($age, $location…)…