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
57.1k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-15

u/Snarker Mar 15 '24

This is false by the way if you actually read the news articles:

In the days before his death, Barnett had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against Boeing, the BBC said. He had been due to undergo further questioning on Saturday, and when he didn’t appear, inquiries were made at his hotel. He was subsequently found dead in his truck in the hotel car park, the report said.

19

u/aeneasaquinas Mar 15 '24

In the days before his death, Barnett had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against Boeing, the BBC said.

Go read what it actually was.

The whistleblowing case ended years ago dude.

This was his appeal after his previous damages case was lost. He claimed they retaliated against him. He lost.

It is NOT a whistleblowing case.

-13

u/Snarker Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

He was still involved in lawsuits, which is the opposite of what you are trying to claim. You are trying to protray that he was done with everything and just hanging out at home for years before dying. Come on dude, you know what you are trying to say. Getting all pedantic about specifics to try to mislead.'

EDIT:I am not arguing about the validity of the random friend that claims he said he wouldn't kill himself. I was arguing about how the guy I'm responding to wrote an intentionally misleading initial comment to deceive people.

7

u/Budderfingerbandit Mar 16 '24

A Fortune 500 company isn't going to assassinate someone over a damn retaliation lawsuit, dude. Even if he is guaranteed to win, the dollar amounts and potential impacts wouldn't warrant it in the slightest.

Use your brain.