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.
scrawl (skrôl) v. scrawled, scrawl·ing, scrawls v.tr. To write hastily or illegibly. v.intr. To write in a sprawling, irregular manner. n. 1. Irregular, often illegible handwriting. 2. Something, such as a note, written hastily or illegibly.
Face it, the right wing fear machine is in full swing, they are doing everything they can to turn people against the democratic government, and innocent people are suffering because of it.
This is a sad state of affairs where people in this country are justifying the murder of innocent people simply because they want to collect information for the census.
It makes me consider getting the hell out of the US while I still can.
Originally posted by digger2381
reply to post by Jessicamsa
It says scrawled, not carved, not scratched, not branded, not engraved.
scrawl (skrôl) v. scrawled, scrawl·ing, scrawls v.tr. To write hastily or illegibly. v.intr. To write in a sprawling, irregular manner. n. 1. Irregular, often illegible handwriting. 2. Something, such as a note, written hastily or illegibly.
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Perhaps someone came across the body and wrote FED on it with a sharpie. Highly unlikely I know, but it is possible.
Personally, I think he was killed, because there is no reason to write FED on your chest and then kill yourself, at least not that I can think of. Unless maybe it's an "end the fed" protest, and then he really should have left a note explaining it because it's quite a stretch.
As to the lack of saying whether it was murder or suicide, they are probably playing it that way in order to get people to cooperate. It is a common tactic, especially when people wouldn't want to rat their friends out, or who couldn't believe that someone they know would do something like that.
By saying it may be a suicide, they can ask around to see if anyone had seen anyone else around the area who may be able to give them more info as to why he did it or if they saw him go out alone, which people are more willing to do than to say that they saw JimBob drive down from up that way if being questioned about a homicide. It is just a way of getting a suspect list without saying that they may be suspects, which causes people to clam up.
[edit on 23-9-2009 by digger2381]
Originally posted by HotDogNoBun
reply to post by andrewh7
Here are some other possible reasons.
1. Peope in rural Ky have a long history of taking issue with the Feds coming on their land.
2. Could have been somebody who doesnt own a tv but reads a lot of the ATS threads about census workers demanding to GPS your front door and decided to pop a cap in the guys ass.
3. Wouldnt you get a tad peeved if someone came to your house and demanded to GPS your house?
[edit on 23-9-2009 by HotDogNoBun]
Originally posted by Broox
reply to post by andrewh7
Now, you said that "Bachmann argues that they will use the census to round you up and put you in internment camps, just like the Japanese-Americans during world war II"... umm, no she didn't. She simply stated a fact of history that the census was used to round up people during WW2.
the man had been gagged and his hands and feet were bound with duct tape.
