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As did Gary Webb. Remember what was done to him..
by jra_samba 12y ago
As did Gary Webb. Remember what was done to him..
- ajmurmann 12y agoWow, according to Wikipedia he died of suicide by two to the head. And here I thought stories of suicide via two self-inflicted head shots was a myth restricted to conspiracy theorists.
- MichaelGG 12y agoNot every head gunshot wound is fatal or incapacitating. The WP entry should have a few links to studies where they find a small amount of suicides require multiple shots to work.
- sanityinc 12y agoIt does: it links to the "multiple gunshot suicide" page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_gunshot_suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_gunshot_suicide
- bmm6o 12y agoEven if it was a legit suicide, there's a reason the movie is called "Kill the Messenger". It's shameful how much other journalists focused on him rather than what he was reporting, and even worse since he was right.
- niels_olson 12y agoThe capital of the world's sixth largest economy uses a coroner and not a medical examiner? For reference, a medical examiner is a forensic pathologist, and generally one with a forensic fellowship. A coroner is anybody with a pulse, either elected or appointed. That said, it looks like the Sacramento coroner does in fact employ at least one forensic pathologist, so that lends a little more credence to the finding. Also, in these high profile cases there are often quite a few witnesses to the autopsy, which makes it more difficult to squash evidence. And, yes, there are plenty of stories of people surviving a gunshot wound to the head, even remaining conscious.