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Glenn Kirschner doesn't believe Epstein committed suicide. (Original Post) triron Aug 2019 OP
As Malcolm Nance says... MontanaMama Aug 2019 #1
Those are a bunch of well-planned coincidences. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #12
One camera I could maybe understand as tech does break down and it does need repair from cstanleytech Aug 2019 #16
Funny, that's my threshold too. Corgigal Aug 2019 #21
Those behind this shanti Aug 2019 #30
+1, 2 broken cameras at the same in the same space and the same damn time too !! uponit7771 Aug 2019 #74
My company has a surveillance maintenance contract that includes camera repair and comms reliability Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #79
how often stopdiggin Aug 2019 #84
Government contracts Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #88
I remember thinking "how convenient." calimary Aug 2019 #67
Shades of Scarsdale Aug 2019 #68
and . . . Erda Aug 2019 #80
Only Dick(less) Cheney Scarsdale Aug 2019 #81
Absolutely! Great catch. She had a lot of names, too, didn't she? So similar. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2019 #95
And... karin_sj Aug 2019 #96
Makes me think of Ken Lay, too. calimary Aug 2019 #83
The Medical Examiner of New York Turin_C3PO Aug 2019 #2
Glenn Kirschner is a retired 30 year prosecutor. You think he doesn't know about the med. examiner triron Aug 2019 #5
This!! Epstein had the connections, he knew he would never get out so he paid those he needed to Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #14
Except for one important thing and that is he also probably had enough dirt on people that used the cstanleytech Aug 2019 #17
He already pulled that trick once in Florida. I think he knew he couldn't again. That last photo... Hekate Aug 2019 #61
Oh? So he rolled over on a number of big shots using his services back then? cstanleytech Aug 2019 #63
If he actually committed suicide... Trueblue Texan Aug 2019 #57
Now that's an astute observation! triron Aug 2019 #58
+1, good point ... they would want the cameras working just to cover their asses uponit7771 Aug 2019 #75
The question is why he was ever taken off suicide watch and who was paid off to make that decision. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #25
His shrink iirc... babylonsister Aug 2019 #35
Somebody was paid off. The psychologists should lose their licenses. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #36
That's simply a determination based on the evidence she has on hand. cstanleytech Aug 2019 #27
Has anyone seen her report or do we just have Barr's summary of it? pnwmom Aug 2019 #38
Good point. JeaneRaye Aug 2019 #82
It's a hard thing to prove Polybius Aug 2019 #56
I agree . . . Iliyah Aug 2019 #3
Glenn Kirschner is not alone Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #4
Of course he isn't alone. Mr.Bill Aug 2019 #11
I'm with Kirschner. My dad was a cop librechik Aug 2019 #6
As a Malcolm Nance pointed out: sandensea Aug 2019 #26
no shit n/t librechik Aug 2019 #45
Gibbs Rule #39 - "There is no such thing as coincidences" Dr Vegas Aug 2019 #7
Placing your wealth in a Private Trust two days before, sure sounds like Hoyt Aug 2019 #8
So, maybe he was expecting to be M U R D E R E D? GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #9
I think his attorneys could have gotten him moved if that were case Hoyt Aug 2019 #15
It can also be used as step simply to protect your wealth from being taken in the event that cstanleytech Aug 2019 #18
From what I've read, it appears it was more to keep his finances, etc., Hoyt Aug 2019 #20
Depends on the type of trust if its an irrevocable one its largely immune I believe from courts cstanleytech Aug 2019 #23
anyone outside the police and coroner seen his corpse? TeamPooka Aug 2019 #85
My understanding is trump will make his corpse a display at one of his hotels. $50 for quick view. Hoyt Aug 2019 #86
LOL. Gee, who knew kirschner graduated medical school and is a forensic pathologist? LOL. PSPS Aug 2019 #10
A real Doc Holliday Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #33
He's not an MD. No medical training. Never went to medical school. But now he's an expert!!111!! PSPS Aug 2019 #43
Which has zero to do with his credentials as a criminologist. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #46
Good luck when your "criminologist" performs your appendectomy PSPS Aug 2019 #53
This is a totally absurd comparison. You seem to be intentionally misleading. triron Aug 2019 #47
Yes, now it's absurd to prefer opinions from appropriate professionals in the proper field. Check. PSPS Aug 2019 #54
You don't have to have a license to practice medicine to use common sense... Trueblue Texan Aug 2019 #69
Lol, gotta ask. cwydro Aug 2019 #49
Leadership. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #78
Most unlikely he is dead. Billions buy backdoors. FraDon Aug 2019 #13
Saville would be in his mid 90s though so more likely than not he is dead by now regardless. cstanleytech Aug 2019 #19
I'm no conspiracy nut but this is definitely some dirty business here. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #22
I tend to agree. One or two minor issues is one thing but we have multiple issues here and some cstanleytech Aug 2019 #32
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #51
that's what has me thinking something's hinky too Baltimike Aug 2019 #97
I'll side with Kirschner over Barr any day. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #24
Too arrogant to kill himself? Loge23 Aug 2019 #28
"Too arrogant to kill himself?" Well if he had something to bargain to get complete immunity then cstanleytech Aug 2019 #34
There was also the likelihood of a plea deal. triron Aug 2019 #37
Something is very rotten here... mudstump Aug 2019 #29
You might believe the guards fell asleep or you might believe the cameras were broken, but Vinca Aug 2019 #31
His ties were zentrum Aug 2019 #39
Yes it is a mystery. triron Aug 2019 #40
And Epstein's lawyers seem to feel similarly. Also didn't they have a physician present at the triron Aug 2019 #41
Not to mention there was screaming reported coming from Epstein's cell flying_wahini Aug 2019 #42
I don't know if you've ever been in or around a jail. cwydro Aug 2019 #50
I went over to freerepublic yesterday just to nose around... Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #44
Whoa, I thought the freeper hamster wheel was on life support. 1,000+ posts and Q too? Hekate Aug 2019 #62
i've seen a couple mentions of this. something about a photo mopinko Aug 2019 #71
knr triron Aug 2019 #48
His death bdamomma Aug 2019 #52
When will the media start assuming the worst. Have lessons not been learned? nt wiggs Aug 2019 #55
They have their heads buried in the sand looking for clouds. triron Aug 2019 #59
That's the photo where good ol' Jeffrey looks like he is staring into the Abyss... Hekate Aug 2019 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Aug 2019 #64
+1, no ... no one would believe it. uponit7771 Aug 2019 #76
I think he's right karin_sj Aug 2019 #65
Everybody should have seen that coming. MasonDreams Aug 2019 #66
I don't either. LisaL Aug 2019 #70
Convicted child sex ring operator murdered in federal prison 2 Jan. 2019 Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #93
charlie pierce- nobody is ever going to believe the official story on this. mopinko Aug 2019 #72
Was it a coincidence that two cameras monitoring his cell were not functioning? kentuck Aug 2019 #73
+1, ... and not functioning at the same time looking at the same area !? Someone upthread said the uponit7771 Aug 2019 #77
I'd bet with our underfunded prison system, there are a lot of cameras that aren't recording Hoyt Aug 2019 #87
What about a British Royalty bombshell? Buckeyeblue Aug 2019 #89
I believe your premise is incorrect. Nothing else follows QED triron Aug 2019 #90
kick for visibility triron Aug 2019 #91
kick again triron Aug 2019 #92
kick for visibility triron Aug 2019 #94
Keeee-ya Sugarcoated Sep 2019 #98

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
12. Those are a bunch of well-planned coincidences.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:13 PM
Aug 2019

You know, security cameras typically don't fail, especially the fancy ones in a maximum-security jail. When the story first broke, I predicted there would be "broken" cameras in it. What a surprise.

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
16. One camera I could maybe understand as tech does break down and it does need repair from
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:26 PM
Aug 2019

time to time but not 2 that prevent there being a record around a cell of someone that supposedly commits suicide over a case that is likely to have broad negative implications for a number of powerful people.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
21. Funny, that's my threshold too.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:42 PM
Aug 2019

Maybe one camera, but two.

Also two sleeping guards. I get one sleeps to cover the other. I've worked nightshift at a EMS center, I get tried. Just both of them, at the same time?

Also, why did Epstein come back? I've never read why he came back, from wherever he was. How we picked him up at the New Jersey airport. Was he coaxed home?

shanti

(21,675 posts)
30. Those behind this
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 05:08 PM
Aug 2019

are laughing in our faces at how easy it was to pull this off. Barr makes me ill.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
79. My company has a surveillance maintenance contract that includes camera repair and comms reliability
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 10:28 AM
Aug 2019

The odds that a camera will go down at any given time is quite high. The odds two specific cameras will go down together at a critical moment in time in a high interest area? Not so much.

stopdiggin

(11,248 posts)
84. how often
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 01:47 PM
Aug 2019

do you run into facilities/companies that are "extremely lax" in ordering needed maintenance and repair? Like A LOT? Budgets my friend, budgets.

calimary

(81,125 posts)
67. I remember thinking "how convenient."
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 04:16 AM
Aug 2019

And Gee, BOTH cameras go on the fritz at the same time.

Uh-huh.

karin_sj

(808 posts)
96. And...
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 03:20 PM
Aug 2019

The DC madam made a big point out of saying that she would never commit suicide (after everything hit the fan). I’ve always wondered about that.

calimary

(81,125 posts)
83. Makes me think of Ken Lay, too.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 01:28 PM
Aug 2019

He beat the rap by dying before having to face some pretty loud music in the Enron scandal. When I heard that he had died, I said the exact same thing: “gee, how convenient.”

Turin_C3PO

(13,911 posts)
2. The Medical Examiner of New York
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:18 PM
Aug 2019

determined Epstein committed suicide. She is a qualified and accomplished professional. Now, was he allowed on purpose to commit suicide? That’s within the realm of possibilities.

triron

(21,984 posts)
5. Glenn Kirschner is a retired 30 year prosecutor. You think he doesn't know about the med. examiner
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:24 PM
Aug 2019

report? Come on!

Thekaspervote

(32,710 posts)
14. This!! Epstein had the connections, he knew he would never get out so he paid those he needed to
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:20 PM
Aug 2019

Look the other way, be it broken cameras or overworked guards

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
17. Except for one important thing and that is he also probably had enough dirt on people that used the
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:29 PM
Aug 2019

girls he provided that he could have probably been able to get a plea bargain deal involving little to no jail time.

Hekate

(90,562 posts)
61. He already pulled that trick once in Florida. I think he knew he couldn't again. That last photo...
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 12:24 AM
Aug 2019

...says a lot: I call it Staring into the Abyss.

Trueblue Texan

(2,420 posts)
57. If he actually committed suicide...
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 11:44 PM
Aug 2019

...why would they need both cameras to be out? Maybe one, but both? In fact, wouldn't they want at least one to be functional if individuals were paid to look the other way during a suicide? Wouldn't they prefer video evidence of Epstein actually doing the deed himself, just to cover some asses? Nope. I agree with Kirshner.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
25. The question is why he was ever taken off suicide watch and who was paid off to make that decision.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:47 PM
Aug 2019

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
27. That's simply a determination based on the evidence she has on hand.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:49 PM
Aug 2019

Now if we had video footage we could put it to rest for sure however 2 of the cameras were not working oddly enough.

Mr.Bill

(24,246 posts)
11. Of course he isn't alone.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:09 PM
Aug 2019

Look at some conservative websites. 60 million people think the Clintons had him killed.

librechik

(30,674 posts)
6. I'm with Kirschner. My dad was a cop
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:24 PM
Aug 2019

and thought everyone was crooked, even other cops. So I can't help seeing these "coincidences" and cascading fuckups as anything but BS. Indeed, come on man.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. Placing your wealth in a Private Trust two days before, sure sounds like
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:37 PM
Aug 2019

planning to end it, not to mention asking to be taken off suicide watch, and his first so-called suicide attempt appears not to have been a suicide attempt.

But, calling it murder is more juicy, and just maybe Epstein had a photo of trump — that we all want jailed — raping a child on inauguration night. Keep the fire, and bloggers, burning.

GeorgeGist

(25,311 posts)
9. So, maybe he was expecting to be M U R D E R E D?
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:41 PM
Aug 2019
and his first so-called suicide attempt appears not to have been a suicide attempt.

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
18. It can also be used as step simply to protect your wealth from being taken in the event that
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:35 PM
Aug 2019

someone sues you.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
20. From what I've read, it appears it was more to keep his finances, etc.,
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:39 PM
Aug 2019

from public focus.

If he were worried about suits, he would have tried this years ago. And I doubt the trust would protect him from having to pay court awards or settlements.

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
23. Depends on the type of trust if its an irrevocable one its largely immune I believe from courts
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:45 PM
Aug 2019

trying to take it and use it as part of a judgement provided its setup right.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
86. My understanding is trump will make his corpse a display at one of his hotels. $50 for quick view.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:16 PM
Aug 2019

PSPS

(13,580 posts)
10. LOL. Gee, who knew kirschner graduated medical school and is a forensic pathologist? LOL.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:58 PM
Aug 2019

He's just another TV talking head with uninformed and meaningless opinions that NBC uses to generate "clicks."

Kid Berwyn

(14,808 posts)
33. A real Doc Holliday
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 05:17 PM
Aug 2019

4 years ROTC and starting football center Washington & Lee University
6 years US Army JAG
30 year US Attorney
6 years head of Homicide Washington DC.

Yeah, what’s Kirschner know? Besides murder, crime and the national security state?

PSPS

(13,580 posts)
43. He's not an MD. No medical training. Never went to medical school. But now he's an expert!!111!!
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:17 PM
Aug 2019

The next thing you know, people will be seeking the advice of prostitutes regarding the efficacy of vaccines. Oh, wait...

Kid Berwyn

(14,808 posts)
46. Which has zero to do with his credentials as a criminologist.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:59 PM
Aug 2019

Smearing others is disinformation.

PSPS

(13,580 posts)
54. Yes, now it's absurd to prefer opinions from appropriate professionals in the proper field. Check.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 09:13 PM
Aug 2019

Trueblue Texan

(2,420 posts)
69. You don't have to have a license to practice medicine to use common sense...
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:08 AM
Aug 2019

...and to try to figure out what happened here. If I'm not mistaken, Kirschner was a prosecutor. I think he knows a thing or two about crime and that's what we're talking about here.

Kid Berwyn

(14,808 posts)
78. Leadership.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:19 AM
Aug 2019

It is unusual for a freshman to lead the offensive line.

In researching this reply, I found I made a mistake. I repeated what I read on Wikipedia.

Kirschner did not letter as a freshman. He lettered three years - soph, junior and senior years. Better source, the team’s webpage:

https://www.generalssports.com/information/hall_of_fame/2009_Class/kirschner_glenn

FraDon

(518 posts)
13. Most unlikely he is dead. Billions buy backdoors.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:17 PM
Aug 2019

Like Jimmy Saville (UK), he was a pimp for the royals and elites. And he ran one of the top, honey-pot blackmail operations for multiple intelligence communities and private clients.

I think he's likely getting a massage, as you read this.

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
32. I tend to agree. One or two minor issues is one thing but we have multiple issues here and some
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 05:16 PM
Aug 2019

like 2 of the cameras being "broken" that might have been able to put to bed any question of if it was suicide or assisted suicide (aka murder) are not minor issues but rather major ones.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
51. +1000
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:30 PM
Aug 2019

Yep, something just isn't sounding kosher to me either. I'm not buying the "official" report. I really don't know what happened, and neither does anyone else, but it all sounds shady as hell to me.

Kid Berwyn

(14,808 posts)
24. I'll side with Kirschner over Barr any day.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:45 PM
Aug 2019

Epstein’s death means we won’t hear what he knows about whom.

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
28. Too arrogant to kill himself?
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:51 PM
Aug 2019

We'll probably never know what happened and to that I'd like to add in the very shady presence of Fat Billy Barr into the mix. Anyone else feel that Fat Billy doth protest too much after the suicide?
But to further speculate, I thought that Epstein was just too arrogant and sure of himself to do this. He had oodles of dough to try and get off and I think he would have taken this to as long as he could have. Now maybe if he was ultimately found guilty and imprisoned in a federal penitentiary, maybe then he would have ended it all. But I do find it highly suspicious that he would have done the deed when he did.

cstanleytech

(26,242 posts)
34. "Too arrogant to kill himself?" Well if he had something to bargain to get complete immunity then
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 05:20 PM
Aug 2019

I would say offhand that suicide would be unlikely.
So the question is what could he offer a prosecutor that the prosecutor would agree to that? About the only thing I could think of is evidence involving a number of other powerful people that used and or provided the girls to him.

Vinca

(50,237 posts)
31. You might believe the guards fell asleep or you might believe the cameras were broken, but
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 05:11 PM
Aug 2019

it strains the imagination that both things happened at the same time just when Epstein was making his exit.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
39. His ties were
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 05:40 PM
Aug 2019

...incredibly deep and broad and powrful. So I'm prepared to believe it was murder.

My one question is--what about the first attempt? Did they come in and try to kill him then too? Why would they fail the first time?

None of it makes any sense.

triron

(21,984 posts)
41. And Epstein's lawyers seem to feel similarly. Also didn't they have a physician present at the
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:04 PM
Aug 2019

autopsy? Then it's even more intriguing they have doubts about the 'suicide'.

flying_wahini

(6,578 posts)
42. Not to mention there was screaming reported coming from Epstein's cell
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:09 PM
Aug 2019

I believe it was reported that an inmate reported hearing screaming and then I didn’t see any mention of it again.
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
50. I don't know if you've ever been in or around a jail.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:26 PM
Aug 2019

But screaming is constant, all night and day.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
44. I went over to freerepublic yesterday just to nose around...
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:38 PM
Aug 2019

....and saw a whole big new Q presence over there. A thread with more than a thousand posts includes something reportedly sent out shortly after Epstein's demise telling how he was switched out and left the facility alive. So there's a whole huge CT about this, on the right.

Hekate

(90,562 posts)
62. Whoa, I thought the freeper hamster wheel was on life support. 1,000+ posts and Q too?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 12:30 AM
Aug 2019

JimBob must be so happy.

Hekate

(90,562 posts)
60. That's the photo where good ol' Jeffrey looks like he is staring into the Abyss...
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 12:21 AM
Aug 2019

...and seeing Death stare back at him.

Response to triron (Original post)

Kid Berwyn

(14,808 posts)
93. Convicted child sex ring operator murdered in federal prison 2 Jan. 2019
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 01:47 AM
Aug 2019

Here’s more blinking red lights I didn’t know about...



3 charged with killing sex ring mastermind in prison

Robert Snell
The Detroit News, Aug. 21, 2019 |

Detroit — Three prison inmates stabbed, beat, kicked and stomped to death Christian Maire, the mastermind of an international child exploitation ring who was killed inside the federal detention center in Milan in January, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.

Alex "Sniper" Castro, 39, Jason "J" Kechego, 38, and Adam "Creeper" Wright, 39, were charged with first-degree premeditated murder and accused of conspiring to prey upon smaller, weaker inmates, including Maire and another member of the child exploitation ring, Michael Figura, prosecutors said.

Excerpt...

Maire and Figura belonged to an international child exploitation ring that perfected the art of preying on preteen and teenage girls. Members of the ring who were called hunters posed as teenage boys and trolled social media websites to lure victims to a private online chatroom before manipulating more than 100 children, including at least one from Metro Detroit, to strip, masturbate and perform sex acts on camera.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/08/21/trio-charged-killing-sex-ring-mastermind-christian-maire/2076515001/



This attack should have been in the institutional memory, another reminder Epstein was in danger — whether he also was a danger to himself is secondary. Epstein told the NYT he had compromising info on the rich and powerful. Epstein thus was a threat to the perverts at the top of the elite heap until he died.

mopinko

(70,022 posts)
72. charlie pierce- nobody is ever going to believe the official story on this.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:26 AM
Aug 2019

header from his column from that day.

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
73. Was it a coincidence that two cameras monitoring his cell were not functioning?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:52 AM
Aug 2019

Was Epstein trying to send a message his first suicide attempt? Did they think it was a fake "suicide"?

Who would be "they"?

uponit7771

(90,304 posts)
77. +1, ... and not functioning at the same time looking at the same area !? Someone upthread said the
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:19 AM
Aug 2019

... camera's should've been working just to cover peoples butts.

Suicide ... yeah right 😒

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
87. I'd bet with our underfunded prison system, there are a lot of cameras that aren't recording
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:23 PM
Aug 2019

properly. As long as it's not a blank screen in the security office, I doubt anyone checks the actual recordings unless something like this happens.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
89. What about a British Royalty bombshell?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 04:57 PM
Aug 2019

There are far more powerful people in the world than Trump. His power is limited and finite. The British Royalty on the other hand. Maybe it wasn't just Andy who like to dabble.

When you are talking about sexual perversion, there are no limits. We assume Trump but really, with something like this, there could be a line of powerful people and families that preferred him not to speak.

But...if that's the case, why would they have waited until he was arrested?

The reality is, he did himself in. He knew he was never getting out of prison. Why people serve out life sentences is beyond me. I would do the same thing.

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