fossilesque@mander.xyz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before deathabcnews4.comexternal-linkmessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up11.42Karrow-down114cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squareysjet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·9 months agoFrankly speaking, whether or not a hitman was hired, Boeing is culpable. Organizing a concerted effort to drive someone to suicide is just as illegal as murdering them. End of story.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·9 months agoIf there’s evidence they organized a concerted effort to drive someone to suicide, definitely. Otherwise they’re just culpable for gross violations of safety that have cost lives of airline passengers.
minus-squareTheCoralReefsAreDying69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI would also say it could be manslaughter if the stress from the retaliation from whistleblowing caused him to kill himself
Frankly speaking, whether or not a hitman was hired, Boeing is culpable.
Organizing a concerted effort to drive someone to suicide is just as illegal as murdering them. End of story.
If there’s evidence they organized a concerted effort to drive someone to suicide, definitely. Otherwise they’re just culpable for gross violations of safety that have cost lives of airline passengers.
I would also say it could be manslaughter if the stress from the retaliation from whistleblowing caused him to kill himself