r/nottheonion • u/ClubZealousideal9784 • May 03 '24

Boeing whistleblower dies following a brief illness, weeks after the suicide of another

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boeing-whistleblower-dies-brief-illness-weeks-suicide-another-rcna150381

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u/ContemplatingPrison May 04 '24

Thats not what his friend said. His friend said that he care to him and told him something like "if I show up dead it will not be me who did it"

He was scared he would be killed. You can look it up

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u/agnosiabeforecoffee May 04 '24

Jennifer said: "I know he did not commit suicide there's no way. He loved life too much, he loved his family too much, he loved his brothers too much to put them through what they're going through right now...I think somebody didn't like what he had to say and wanted to shut him up and didn't want it to come back on anyone so that's why they made it look like a suicide."

This is extremely typical coping that happens after a suicide.

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u/ContemplatingPrison May 04 '24 edited May 04 '24

I don't know what you're quoting but that's not it.

They stated specifically John said "if anything happens to me, it's not suicide"

It was reported right when it happened. I get it you want it to be what you think. Good luck with that

Could he have still killed himself, yup but that doesn't change the fact that this was reported to have been said by him by his family and friends.

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u/agnosiabeforecoffee May 04 '24

I am literally quoting the family friend who claimed he didn't kill himself. The family friend that made that claim was not a man. It was the daughter of one of his mom's friends.

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u/ContemplatingPrison May 04 '24 edited May 04 '24

You just quoted a friend. I get it you quoted one of his friend. Congrats

Jennifer told the WCIV television station that she asked her friend if he was "scared", to which Barnett told her, "No, I ain't scared, but if anything happens to me, it's not suicide."

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u/agnosiabeforecoffee May 04 '24

Here is the OG source: https://wpde.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024

Her claim that he said that has not been publicly validated by anyone else. People can claim anything, it doesn't make it true. One person making a claim is not evidence.

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u/ContemplatingPrison May 04 '24

Jesus christ. All of that for nothing. Hahaha. No one said it was evidence. I stated it was said by the friend.

You're argument is pointless. I never even said it wasn't suicide.

Then you tried to claim it was a different quote. Take the L and walk away.

You're unbearable.

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u/Quarterwit_85 May 04 '24

Just a FYI, you’re the one that comes across as grasping and hysterical in this exchange.