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Journalist Michael Hastings' Body Cremated by Authorities Against Family's Wishes (Video)
Opposing Views ^ | 07/17/2013 | By Michael Allen

Posted on 07/19/2013 7:30:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Journalist Michael Hastings’ body was reportedly cremated by Los Angeles authorities against his family’s wishes, destroying possible evidence of his mysterious death in a car accident on June 18.

Hastings was killed when his Mercedes crashed into a tree at a high speed and exploded.

Only hours earlier, Hastings sent an email to friends at Buzzfeed.com stating that he was “onto a big story” and had “to go off the radar for a bit.” He also warned his colleagues that they might be questioned about him by authorities.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: hastings; losangeles; michaelhastings
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To: WayneS
"I thought his body was cremated by his car..."

Pretty perceptive, aren't you..LOL!

21 posted on 07/19/2013 7:57:00 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: elpadre

In California the body of the deceased isn’t given into the custody of the family?? How can this be? - by what authority?
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That’s what I am wondering. What the heck?!


22 posted on 07/19/2013 8:00:45 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Responsibility2nd

How many head scratches does it take before donning the tin foil?


23 posted on 07/19/2013 8:02:11 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yeah, but whats Kim Kardashian been up to lately?


24 posted on 07/19/2013 8:02:30 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: Responsibility2nd

Someone says they “want to off the radar for a while,” then there is a “mysterious” accident, in which information about the scene is suppressed, including cremation which, if done thoroughly enough will obliterate even DNA that could be used for confirmation.

Is it possible he had people help him fake his own death, and is now still alive somewhere, but very much “off the radar’?


25 posted on 07/19/2013 8:03:10 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m just saying there had better not be another funny business regarding journalists like Hastings or Breitbart.

“Enemy action”, indeed.


26 posted on 07/19/2013 8:04:05 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: sonofagun; WayneS

If the car cremated his body , how was the FBI able to identify him from his finger prints?


27 posted on 07/19/2013 8:04:31 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: crosslink

Great! Keep us posted!


28 posted on 07/19/2013 8:06:38 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: elpadre

In California the body of the deceased isn’t given into the custody of the family?? How can this be? - by what authority?


They ARE the authorities, so they can do what they damn well please.

I wonder what excuse they will use. Maybe they will say he was carrying an exotic disease, and the only way to prevent it from spreading was to burn the body.


29 posted on 07/19/2013 8:08:07 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: hoosiermama; WayneS
"If the car cremated his body , how was the FBI able to identify him from his finger prints?

I didn't know that, but one news report described his car as "incinerated, including his body".

30 posted on 07/19/2013 8:08:40 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: Kenny

No one in the country seems to care because no one knows about the strange circumstances, in my opinion.


31 posted on 07/19/2013 8:09:43 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: YourAdHere

I’m sure the administration will not rest until they get to the bottom of this.


Even if it means The One will have to search every golf course in the country.


32 posted on 07/19/2013 8:10:01 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

bttt


33 posted on 07/19/2013 8:14:28 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Rusty0604

and what would that do? This government is out of control. It can’t be managed, modified or reigned in. There is only one course of action that can solve the problem.

When one thing is taken away something else must replace it though or bad things will fill the vacuum. What then would replace this government? A return to the basics of the Constitution and Bill of Rights unpolluted and unfettered by masses of complicated regulations and tacked on laws.


34 posted on 07/19/2013 8:16:52 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Sequoyah101

I agree with you completely. But one person not speaking out about a personal injustice “because it wouldn’t do any good” isn’t going to hurt. If you have a real solution or plan of action to get rid of this out of control gov’t I would be more than happy to do all I can to help.


35 posted on 07/19/2013 8:33:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Travis McGee

For whatever reason it must have been REALLY important to the powers that be. The FBI arriving at the crash scene is very unusual. What next... the car going to be crushed and recycled.


36 posted on 07/19/2013 8:34:44 AM PDT by Orange1998
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To: YourAdHere

Well when you know that you are responsible it is easy to get to the bottom of it.


37 posted on 07/19/2013 9:18:50 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I would not want to be that un-named attorney.


38 posted on 07/19/2013 9:31:22 AM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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To: Orange1998

Exactly. The car has already gone to the smelter.


39 posted on 07/19/2013 9:51:31 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

First I heard that, Unbelievable.

I can only think Obama is stirring up the T. Martin case to deflect attention.


40 posted on 07/19/2013 1:54:20 PM PDT by Orange1998
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