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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 191 points 19 hours ago (13 children)

TW: suicide???

An autopsy report seen by Newsweek showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position. The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar, and that there were no obvious defense wounds.

Am I missing something here? How does someone hogtie themselves and then hang themselves? How is this being considered a suicide? Am I on crazy pills?

[–] jdredbeard@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

It's the same sense that Epstein "committed suicide."

A lot of people seem to "commit suicide" who were inconvenient to this Admin

[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 115 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

It's not uncommon in Russia for people to commit suicide with a couple gunshots to the head, and then jumping out the window.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Could you link me up with any such case?

[–] Pistcow@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 22 points 17 hours ago

Thankfully Dick Cheney can no longer enter the chat.

[–] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Consistently happens to my 6/6/6 heirs... right after comet sighted.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 26 points 16 hours ago

David B. Rankin, the family’s attorney, in a statement to Newsweek: “It is truly mystifying how any detention facility can let someone leave their room, create three nooses and then hang themselves without anyone knowing. What’s worse is the lack of mental health care which could have prevented this tragedy. Mr. Ge’s death represents a totally failure on the part of the GeoGroup and the DHS.”

Seems like everyone is playing along with the claim of suicide while trying to get the details from DHS/GeoGroup.

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 23 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's how it's done in the United Soviet States of America.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 15 hours ago

Easy on the "United".

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Exactly what i came to say. How is that even possible?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 29 points 19 hours ago

We are all on crazy pills on this glorious day.

[–] tirednapstablook@lemmings.world 22 points 19 hours ago

People kill themselves under impossible circumstances in Russia all the time.

Who are you to think it couldn't happen in the US?

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 12 points 18 hours ago

I literally just copied the same exact passage intending to ask the same question here. I'm not understanding how this is feasible.

This is absolutely tragic, regardless of the answer. But... how is this even possible?

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 7 points 17 hours ago

I imagine there are legal issues with reporting anything other than the official cause of death that Newsweek don't want to get into so they just laid everything out nice and factually so that readers can come to their own conclusion...

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. I've also heard of Hanlons razor. Just because a philosophical concept exists doesn't mean it's universally applicable.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 15 hours ago

I used to apply it to everything, then I found out about safety's razor

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Oh I know, wasn’t this on Sherlock Holmes? They stood on a giant block of ice. When the ice melted, they were fatally hanged and the evidence disappeared

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Hush. Stop asking questions.

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org -1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

Put your head in the noose, tie your feet, tie your hands, probably using your mouth to pull the knot, and then do the drop. The reason for this would be to beat survival instinct.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Are there cases of suicide where this has happened outside of law enforcement custody?

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago

It seems you need 3-5 feral hogs to help with some of the steps

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

Yes, but it describes it as hog tied, which is your feet ti d to your hands behind your back. I don't think I could hog tie myself, let alone hang myself after.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

I’ve got ehlers-danlos and I am experienced with self bondage. Tying my own hands behind my back is not easy for me, let alone the average person.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How do you tie your hands behind your back with your mouth? Especially when your neck is in a noose?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

By using a slipknot. Ultimately it depends on the knots used and the order they were tied in, but it's technically possible.

Is it probable or likely? Absolutely not.