THIS IS NOW A PONY THREAD
Posted on 08/10/2011 11:33:36 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
A federal inmate who expressed his desire to kill himself just moments before his arrest committed suicide at the Orleans Parish jail Sunday night, according to a news release from Sheriff Marlin Gusman issued late Monday.
William Goetzee, 48, was arrested Aug. 2 outside federal court after he tried to snatch a gun from a federal security officer. During the attempt to get the gun, he told the officer he wanted to kill himself.
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I see what you did there.
Any prisoner expressing an interest in suicide should be given cyanide on a silver tray with Evian to wash it down.
Agreed. It should be an option for any prisoner serving a long sentence. If they want to check out, see the warden, the priest, and your attorney, take the pill and lay down. The state could even save money by paying for a nice funeral with the family.
Yeesh, suicide watch.
Guess they took the ‘watch’ term too seriously.
“It’s like a severe weather watch, right?”
“I guess so.”
“Okay, let’s watch.”
Ah, good - I’m not the only sick mind on FR.
The popcorn was a giveaway.
Well, that’ll teach him! He won’t do THAT again! :^O
Always good to see someone achieve their goals.
He was arrested to attempting to seize the weapon of a Federal Protective Service officer, during which he said he wanted to kill himself.
A troubled dude is my guess, other things found on google indicates he was employed (not sure if civilian or in service) of the Coast Guard in New Orleans. He even made decent powerpoint slides.
What is a “Federal Security Officer?”
> Ah, good - I’m not the only sick mind on FR.
Assuming it relates to your #1 comment (about knowing why he wanted to kill himself), then there are at least three of us. :)
We should form a caucus.
A security guard paid with our tax dollars.
Experience is the best teacher.
THIS IS NOW A PONY THREAD
Not by a long shot...
I’m lost. It says that he said he wanted to kill himself and went for the officers gun “just moments before he was arrested”. That implies he was going to be arrested for a separate crime. If he went for the gun to kill himself and that was the CAUSE for arrest, then that wouldn’t count as “just moments before he was arrested”. That or Journalist are far inferior writers than even I thought.
If going for the gun to kill himself is the cause for arrest, then the line “just moments before he was arrested” is completely superfluous.
I’m taking the line at face value and reading that he was going to be arrested for committing a crime, and that prompted him to go for the officers gun to kill himself. If that is the case, then what was the crime for which he was originally going to be arrested.
If the “crime” was going for the officers gun, then the NOLA Times Picayune should hire journalists with high school diplomas and minimum 5th grate writing skills.
Yes you can watch them on the john.
Everything I saw indicated he was arrested for going for the officers gun. The officer was one providing security for a Federal building, and not so far as I can tell, involved with this gent prior to the gun grabbing attempt.
I do agree that the journalism is horrendous.
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