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Census worker hanged, "FED" written on his chest

That sure didn't take you long, but we expect that from you.

Was this not an attack on a federal worker? They knew enough to write fed on his body and they sent a loud message by lynching him vs shooting him or stabbing him and trying to hide the body in the woods as most druggies would do.
 
Marijuana growers like to draw attention to themselves by hanging the dead bodies of Federal workers in trees with their bodies defaced.

I assumed those in the drug trade wished to keep a low profile?...Apparently not according to Poli. Forum.

Why don't you read up on the treatment of revenuers in Appalachia.
 
Was this not an attack on a federal worker? They knew enough to write fed on his body and they sent a loud message by lynching him vs shooting him or stabbing him and trying to hide the body in the woods as most druggies would do.

In an isolated area known for growing illegal drugs, it isn't uncommon to target or kill law enforcement to send a message.
 
In an isolated area known for growing illegal drugs, it isn't uncommon to target or kill law enforcement to send a message.

I lived in N. California in the Emerald triange for over twenty years where Both Meth and Weed is produced in record amounts. Guess how many of these types of political motivated lynchings occured during that time....ZERO.

Perhaps you can post some links to other lynchings in this country, of law enforement, to send a political message
 
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Coincidentally this federal workers was lynched two weeks ago....What has going on two weeks ago? The 9-12 protests was one thing that was going on two weeks ago.

Do you ever have anything intelligent to say?

Just asking…. Seems the only thing you ever do is try to paint any body not a liberal as a criminal kook.
 
I lived in N. California in the Emerald triange for over twenty years where Both Meth and Weed is produced in record amounts. Guess how many of these types of political motivated lynchings occured during that time....ZERO.

You're the only one saying this was a politically-motivated lynching.
 
Did it not happen aroung the same time as those protests? A lynching, Fed written across the chest, A federal worker....it doesn't look good.

Latest snapshot of Golden Dog...

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So what do you feel are the chances, given the timing, that this is not a federal hate crime?

You are probably right.... some liberal did it.
 
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I lived in N. California in the Emerald triange for over twenty years where Both Meth and Weed is produced in record amounts. Guess how many of these types of political motivated lynchings occured during that time....ZERO.

And yet, there you go assuming that this act is "politically" motivated. There are many possible reasons for this crime. Rather than becoming hysterical, I would advise that we wait for more facts. Drugs are just one possible option, and not an unlikely one given where this occurred. Here's a good response to that:

Before we assume that this apparent homicide was a response solely to the attacks Michelle Bachmann and others have made on the census, it's worth recalling how Clay County made news earlier this year, when a bunch of local officials were indicted for vote fraud.

The United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly announced today that five Manchester, Ky. officials, including the circuit court judge, the county clerk, and election officers were arrested pursuant to a federal indictment that accused them of using corrupt tactics to obtain political power and personal gain.

The 10-count indictment, unsealed today, accused the defendants of a conspiracy from March 2002 until November 2006 that violated the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). RICO is a federal statute that prosecutors use to combat organized crime. The defendants were also indicted for extortion, mail fraud, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to injure voters' rights and conspiracy to commit voter fraud.

According to the indictment, these alleged criminal actions affected the outcome of federal, local, and state primary and general elections in 2002, 2004, and 2006. The indictment accused the defendants of the following criminal actions.

Those indicted include a Circuit Court Judge, the school superintendent, the County Clerk, and an election officer (as well as other locals). That trial is currently set for early next year, though they're in the middle of discovery right now, with the defendants trying to get the grand jury testimony.

In other words, in Clay County, the federal government is in the middle of prosecuting a number of top county officials for completely corrupting the voting system.

Emptywheel Vote Fraud in Clay County and the Hanged Census Worker

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Louisville Field Division - Department of Justice - Press Release


From a local story about this murder:

"I told him on more than one occasion, based on my years in the state police, 'Mr. Sparkman, when you go into those counties, be careful because people are going to perceive you different than they do elsewhere,'" Acciardo said.

"Even though he was with the Census Bureau, sometimes people can view someone with any government agency as 'the government.' I just was afraid that he might meet the wrong character along the way up there," Acciardo said.

AP source: Hanged Census worker had 'fed' on chest - NewsTimes.com

My people are from south Missouri (the Ozarks to be exact). It's vastly different from Northern California (snicker) for a variety of reasons, many dating back to the Civil War. You simply have no idea how people in the Ozarks and the Appalachians think.
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Maybe this was anti-government sentiment of the type you think it was. On the other hand, these areas have been anti-federal government for a hundred and fifty years years. This incident, more likely than not, transcends the current Republican/Democratic fracture. In fact, in the hill country, the Republicans were very unpopular during moonshining days and that hasn't changed much.
 
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In that part of the country, "Fed" is a reference to a revenuer or DEA agent more often than anything else.
 
And yet, there you go assuming that this act is "politically" motivated. There are many possible reasons for this crime. Rather than becoming hysterical, I would advise that we wait for more facts. Drugs are just one possible option, and not an unlikely one given where this occurred. Here's a good response to that:



Emptywheel Vote Fraud in Clay County and the Hanged Census Worker

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Louisville Field Division - Department of Justice - Press Release


From a local story about this murder:



AP source: Hanged Census worker had 'fed' on chest - NewsTimes.com

My people are from south Missouri (the Ozarks to be exact). It's vastly different from Northern California (snicker) for a variety of reasons, many dating back to the Civil War. You simply have no idea how people in the Ozarks and the Appalachians think, and you want to again stereotype conservatives as racists and extremists, because that fits your paradigms about them.

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Excuse me I was born in Tennessee lived on the Mason Dixon line for a year and have traveled exstensivly throughout the Ozarks and the Appalachians.
I also lived in Southern La for a year.
Don't tell me I don't know how those people think.

Tell me when was the last time anybody was lynched there and a political message was written on the body?
 
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Excuse me I was born in Tennessee lived on the Mason Dixon line for a year and have traveled exstensivly throughout the Ozarks and the Appalachians.

Being born in Tennessee does not equate to understanding hill country. Nor does being a tourist. Give me a freaking break.
 
Being born in Tennessee does not equate to understanding hill country. Nor does being a tourist. Give me a freaking break.

Please quit trying to tell me what i do and do not know. Because you don't know....:2wave:
 
Being born in Tennessee does not equate to understanding hill country. Nor does being a tourist. Give me a freaking break.

I spent 6 months in Tennessee, Milington to be exact. So of course I know all about the hill folk...
 
Excuse me I was born in Tennessee lived on the Mason Dixon line for a year and have traveled exstensivly throughout the Ozarks and the Appalachians.
I also lived in Southern La for a year.
Don't tell me I don't know how those people think.

Tell me when was the last time anybody was lynched there and a political message was written on the body?

Your knowledge of the south was revealed when you put Tennessee and Mason Dixon line in the same sentence. Just out of curiosity, how does one live ON the Mason Dixon line??

"Those" people???
 
Your knowledge of the south was revealed when you put Tennessee and Mason Dixon line in the same sentence. Just out of curiosity, how does one live ON the Mason Dixon line??

"Those" people???

Did I say that the Mason Dixon line was in Tenn?
 
Or, his girlfriend's name was Felicia Elenore Davidson, and those were just her initials.

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Yes and he was tying his shoes and accidentlly tied a noose and it by mistake fell over this Federal workers neck and oops a accidental lynching.
Yes this can all be explained away so easily.
 
Yes and he was tying his shoes and accidentlly tied a noose and it by mistake fell over this Federal workers neck and oops a accidental lynching.
Yes this can all be explained away so easily.

Considering you started in this thread by saying:

This was an attack on a federal worker...i hope this isn't what it looks like.

Why are you trying so hard to convince yourself and others that it is?
 
Yes and he was tying his shoes and accidentlly tied a noose and it by mistake fell over this Federal workers neck and oops a accidental lynching.
Yes this can all be explained away so easily.

Obviously you think it can...

So, have you settled on "Glenn Beck and the 9/12 mob", or since he was a census worker that could have been pals with ACORN workers, are leaning toward "Sean Hannity and those racist teabaggers"?


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What agenda would that be?..I mean you know me so well..spell it out..what is my agenda?

You are doing your best to tar conservatives with inspiring and/or participating in this crime. This ain't rocket science, GD, and you aren't as verbally clever as you think you are. In fact, you're pretty damn obvious. I've seen politically motivated groups rush to judgement about all kinds of crimes in the past, particularly hate crimes. They're often wrong, but that won't keep them from using a tragic death to further their agenda.

I prefer waiting until the investigation has started to release some findings, personally.
 
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