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John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

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[-] aniki@lemm.ee 44 points 5 months ago

In case you think we're any better than the Russians.

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

Was the self inflicted wound two 9mm rounds to the back of the head?

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[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 41 points 5 months ago

100% they killed him

[-] Beero@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Burn one for another dead hero, folks.

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago
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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

What would be the correct expression? Someone has committed this whistleblowers suicide?

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[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

He is the reason some people wants the US to be a bit more like Russia. Yeah, no, this wasn't a suicide, this was to stop the case that he himself had embarked on a long-running legal action on and that he had been in Charleston for legal interviews for. This stops the case in its tracks.

“John was in the midst of a deposition in his whistleblower retaliation case, which finally was nearing the end,” Knowles and his co-counsel Robert Turkewitz said in a statement to TIME. “He was in very good spirits and really looking forward to putting this phase of his life behind him and moving on. We didn’t see any indication he would take his own life. No one can believe it.”

- https://time.com/6900123/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-deposition-safety/

Please don't reply if you are just going to spam "BuT sUiCiDe". If that's false, he's just another casualty of Boeing. If that's true, he's just another casualty of Boeing.

Funny how he takes his own life in an hotel car park, and no one hears it. Let me guess, he also happened to buy the gun and get the gun permit the same day ... His anxiety never manifested as suicidal tendencies, and if anything, taking action had decreased it.

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Seems legit.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 26 points 5 months ago

Yesterday I've read a joke about something like that exactly about audits and proceedings connected to Boeing's recent accidents.

I thought this is satire first.

[-] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

What a terrible coincidence

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[-] Highlybaked@lemmy.zip 21 points 5 months ago

America is a truly sick society

[-] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago
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[-] nadram@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

The right thing to do would be to seize Boeing, take it away from its shareholders, hold and interrogate the major shareholders, and regardless of the outcome of interrogations the company should never return to the public. Either dismantle and sell every pathetic asset, or run it as a public company. This is a no-brainer, they should not be allowed to continue with business as usual even if no one is found guilty or no direct link is established.

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[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Also found this article with more details but wtf is this website? I've never heard of it? Sketchy? Legit? I have no clue.

https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-in-charleston-after-break-in-depositions/

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[-] prettydarknwild@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

he commited suicide in a russian fashion

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