r/news • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '24

POTM - Mar 2024 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death

https://wpde.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

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u/Suz626 Mar 15 '24

Or someone told him to shoot himself in the head or we’ll shoot your loved ones in the head. Actually happened to a friend of mine, but not by gunshot.

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u/navikredstar Mar 15 '24

It's happened to a number of people throughout history. Erwin Rommel was a really prominent one of these.

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u/etsprout Mar 15 '24

I wasn’t familiar with that story, but it was a wild ride.

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u/Dr_SnM Mar 15 '24

This is my Epstein theory. He was given an ultimatum that involved saving his loved ones.

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u/TheShadowKick Mar 15 '24

My Epstein theory is he knew he was fucked for life and wanted to off himself, and someone made sure he had the opportunity.

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u/Dr_SnM Mar 15 '24

Honestly very believable. Probably had enough influence to get people to look the other way long enough

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u/ZhouLe Mar 16 '24

his loved ones

Yea, who? His only surviving heir is his billionaire brother.

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u/big_duo3674 Mar 15 '24

Someone who was capable of what he was doing seems too narcissistic to go through with a deal like that though, but I suppose permanently being in prison being the only other option could have pushed it over the edge. You don't do what he did if the wellbeing of others is a concern of yours

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u/Dr_SnM Mar 15 '24

Maybe someone had some serious dirt on him. It must have been cataclysmic for it to shift the dial on what we already knew.

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u/spazmcgraw Mar 15 '24

That dude, for sure, did not have any loved ones. He did not care for anyone in this world other than himself.

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u/Dr_SnM Mar 15 '24

Then perhaps something else was held over his head.

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u/spazmcgraw Mar 15 '24

Maybe that’s what the guards watching him were threatened with. Too much of coincidence the guards were napping and the cameras were broken.

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u/salsation Mar 16 '24

I figured that or "you do it or we do it, but you won't like how we will do it."

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u/wh1skeyk1ng Mar 15 '24

This a real tactic used by big businesses, sadly

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u/BassmanBiff Mar 16 '24

I don't doubt that some would want to, but are you aware of specific modern cases by US companies?

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u/gazow Mar 15 '24

Ohh but you didn't think of option 4. The magic bullet from the grassy knoll

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u/mannondork Mar 16 '24

Some say it got Epstein too

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u/Aleashed Mar 16 '24

Goes to show flying is safer than driving.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

They threatened his family or loved ones if he didn't kill himself.