EPSTEIN’s DEATH: WAS IT AN INSIDE HIT?
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY AUG. 12, 2019) — THE PLANET‘s not buying the “suicide” of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, he of the billionaire lifestyle and friends among the crème de la creeps. Officials found Epstein “unresponsive” in his cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Facility. The shocker occurred one day after the courts unsealed thousands of documents on a global sex-trafficking operation allegedly run by the former financier. Mere coincidence, of course. Epstein’s death ends the criminal case against him and robs victims at their chance at justice.
Epstein had the goods on Too Many Important People, and after having seen his life slammed to rock bottom, he was going to take some Mighty Big Names with him. He was ready to chirp. And then …
He was silenced. Rubbed out. Jack Ruby-ed. Dead Men Tell No Tales. That’s the only logical explanation of how someone under intense security, deemed an acute suicide risk who had attempted same two weeks ago, could have pulled off a self-snuff worthy of Houdini and David Copperfield. The mainstream media was quick to counter, saying there was “no evidence” of a hit. Yeah, but isn’t that the point? When it’s done right, there never is.
You want a bipartisan issue? AG William Barr and Rep. Alex Ocascio Cortez agree. Barr wasted no time launching a probe; AOC tweeted that “We need answers. Lot’s of them.” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said Epstein “reportedly tried to kill himself two weeks ago and is allowed to finish the job now?”
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) wrote to Barr: “Every single person in the Justice Department — from your Main Justice headquarters staff all the way to the night-shift jailer — knew that this man was a suicide risk, and that his dark secrets couldn’t be allowed to die with him. Given Epstein’s previous attempted suicide, he should have been locked in a padded room under unbroken, 24/7, constant surveillance. Obviously, heads must roll.”
Both sides of the aisle have found accord, but will The Dark Powers running the show allow the truth to emerge?
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Suicide watch is an intensive monitoring of a person designed to make not only suicide but even a suicide attempt impossible:
- The cell has no furniture except a mattress on the floor.
- The person is given an extra-thick blanket that cannot be cut or torn into strips for hanging.
- The cell has no fixtures or protrusions (shower heads, bunks) that can be used to tie off one end of a rope or strip.
- Inmates wear a paper gown that easily tears under pressure.
- Video cameras monitor the cell 24/7.
Since Epstein tried to “take the pipe” recently, he should have been deemed an “acute risk.” Under normal suicide watch, staff physically check on the inmate every 10 to 15 minutes, keeping a log. Under acute risk, staff monitors the person, physically, 24/7. However, magically and mysteriously, someone ordered Epstein off suicide watch one week after his failed attempt. He was left alone in his cell the night before he died. News reports cite short staffing. From an anonymous source.
Even without an inside job, it’s hard to imagine a scenario under which Epstein would have had the opportunity, tools, or time to do this. Pathologists say it takes about five minutes for a person to hang himself — if all goes well. As Epstein’s first botched attempt shows, it’s not that easy to off oneself. In the most intensely monitored wing of a highly secured facility such as the Metro Correctional Center, suicide by hanging is virtually impossible, unless this was hit. If there was ever The Man Who Knew Too Much, it was Epstein. He had too many friends in high places — royalty, presidents, and too many high-profile billionaires, celebrities, academics, athletes, scientists, and others on the A List to count.
Question is: How many will buy their way out of the mess? How many will the courts find “too big to fail?”
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Off-topic.
Barry C.
It is appalling that you re-friended Brain M. on a certain social media site. Apparently you support poison when you believe it works in your favor. You have lost my respect and your wife has lost my vote.
Blare
How creepy and petty is someone to actual monitor someone’s social media friends???
FM,
Am I “monitoring” BC’s friends, or did I just happen to notice because I am also one of BC’s friends?
Get over yourself, half-wit.
Blare
Just so we’re clear. Some of us are able to get over ourselves, and the past. Barry C. and I have been buds a long time now; we just went in a different direction when Andrea Harrington was the chosen one to challenge Caccaviello.
And if you feel so strongly about his place on my facebook friends list, please unfriend at-will. I don’t take marching orders from you or anyone else – including my wife.
If you think I’m “poison” – Why broadcast this idiotic issue? It doesn’t deserve any real time notoriety, from you or anyone else hiding behind a silly pseudonym.
I friended a couple of Russians too; when would you like to proclaim me a Russian asset?
Get over yourself!!
Barry Clairmont a better person than you’ll ever be.
And that’s the bottom line!!
Correction:
Blare discovered my connection to Barry Clairmont on his facebook friends list, not mine, as incorrectly indicated earlier.
That’s really juvenile to jeopardize an outstanding mayor’s chances of re-election because of someone’s facebook connection.
Grow up, Blare!!
And that’s the bottom-line!!
You very silly buffoon man. Spend too much time at Sim’s.
Marquis Malarkey
maybe you will get an A for your loyalty to tyer instead of a C
There’s no there there, Blare. And you’re right I did what I did during the DA contest. I admit to being Betsy (John Citi) Capeless’s patsy. That was then, this is now.
It takes a big character to set aside politics in favor of mutual collegiality. If that irks you, so be it.
I’m kinda perplexed why this silly stuff has resurfaced? If anyone should be angered it’s Barry C., not you, What is your stake in this? Do you have a personal interest or just determined to create issues when there are none?
Once again, Barry Clairmont has more character and stability than anyone in or around Bianchi’s, Bowler’s, and Mazzeo’s political machines. I worked intimately with each of those folks and I can tell you this: they are the most vindictive, petty, and childish group of never was, fighting to hold onto power, than I ever met. I’m embarrassed to have been associated with them.
Come clean to your real identity. Stand tall and reveal yourself so you can be held accountable like Barry Clairmont and myself are – on this site.
My thought as to your true identity. You read like Cicero. And most of us believe Cicero to John Krol. So, if you are Mr. Krol, get over yourself. You created your earlier problems with the network, not me. You fell outta favor because of your overzealousness and lack of foresight. That’s your problem, not mine.
And that’s the bottom-line!!
Holy crap is Blare the murderer of Jeffrey Epstein??? This headline was about Epstein and Blare quickly derailed it on some foolish post about who BC is FB friends with??? I think I may be on to something. Or maybe he is just mentally unstable.
Such an internet TROLL
It look like marquis man just like attention.
I agree that this was a professional murder orchestrated by and paid for through high levels of government. Any number of possibilities could now be true.
Epstein may not be dead at all and may be back on his island.
He may have already been cremated and any purported autopsy make be fake.
We may see other people/witnesses close to this case disappear in the coming days. And this may include any jail personnel who aided and abetted access to him.
The following reprinted from CBS Las Vegas Web site:
The List of Clinton Associates Who Allegedly Died Mysteriously. Check It Out.
August 10, 2016
This is a message that began being forwarded via email in the mid-1990s of various Bill and Hillary Clinton associates alleged to have died under mysterious circumstances. This conspiracy theory continued to resurrect itself during Hillary Clinton’s 2008 and 2016 presidential bids.
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THE CLINTON DEAD POOL
1- James McDougal – Clintons convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation.
2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown .. The murder …happened just after she was to go public w:th her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
3 – Vince Foster – Former White House counselor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock’s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.
4 – Ron Brown – Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the Air Traffic controller commited suicide.
ADVERTISING
5 – C. Victor Raiser, II – Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.
6 – Paul Tulley – Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock , September 1992. Described by Clinton as a “dear friend and trusted advisor”.
7 – Ed Willey – Clinton fundraiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.
8 – Jerry Parks – Head of Clinton’s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock .. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock Park’s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.
9 – James Bunch – Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a “Black Book” of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas
10 – James Wilson – Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater..
11 – Kathy Ferguson – Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.
12 – Bill Shelton – Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.
13 – Gandy Baugh – Attorney for Clinton’s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.
14 – Florence Martin – Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal, Mena, Arkansas, airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds.
15 – Suzanne Coleman – Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.
16 – Paula Grober – Clinton’s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.
17 – Danny Casolaro – Investigative reporter, investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation.
18 – Paul Wilcher – Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 “October Surprise” was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993, in his Washington DC apartment had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.
19 – Jon Parnell Walker – Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington ,Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.
20 – Barbara Wise – Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death: Unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, naked body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.
21 – Charles Meissner – Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.
22 – Dr. Stanley Heard – Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton ‘s advisory council personally treated Clinton’s mother, stepfather and brother.
23 – Barry Seal – Drug running TWA pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident.
24 – Johnny Lawhorn, Jr. – Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.
25 – Stanley Huggins – Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.
26 – Hershell Friday – Attorney and Clinton fundraiser died March 1, 1994, when his plane exploded.
27 – Kevin Ives & Don Henry – Known as “The boys on the track” case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:
28 – Keith Coney – Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88.
29 – Keith McMaskle – Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988
30 – Gregory Collins – Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.
31 – Jeff Rhodes – He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.
32 – James Milan – Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to natural causes”.
34 – Richard Winters – A suspect in the Ives/Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.
THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE ALSO DEAD
35 – Major William S. Barkley, Jr.
36 – Captain Scott J . Reynolds
37 – Sgt. Brian Hanley
38 – Sgt. Tim Sabel
39 – Major General William Robertson
40 – Col. William Densberger
41 – Col. Robert Kelly
42 – Spec. Gary Rhodes
43 – Steve Willis
44 – Robert Williams
45 – Conway LeBleu
46 – Todd McKeehan
And the most recent, Seth Rich, the DC staffer murdered and “robbed” (of nothing) on July 10. Wikileaks found Assange claims he had info on the DNC email scandal.
Not Included in this list are the 4 men killed in Benghazi.
Not the kind of person I want in charge of my country.
GOD BLESS THE USA.
The above reprinted from CBS Las Vegas Web site.
But what was the name of the president who put innocent little children who never did anything to anybody in cages?
What was his name again?
Barack Obama.
Oh my God! I didn’t know that this many people are on the list.
Great post, GM. The only question in my mind is, who will be next? Prison guards, warden, Ghislaine? Maybe we should start a Howie Carr-type death pool.
And yet, the one photo with Epstein of a man with his arm around a woman too young for him was published yesterday.
Epstein’s bud? Donald Trump. The woman? Melania Trump
How much did Don the Con have to lose if Epstein barked? It is SO easy to peddle this conspiracy crap. Bill Clinton’s life is like an old open Penthouse magazine with the pages flapping in the wind.
Donald Trump uses the courts to keep his life sealed in a bank vault protected by lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit.
Both Clinton and Trump are scumbags. Period.
As for Epstein, federal prison cells lack the fixtures for suicide by hanging. Unless Epstein tied something around this neck, then to the upper metal bunk, and then just slid his feet down the floor as the bunk is about 5 feet high.
It’s likely he was offed. Give Alan Dershowitz a call. Maybe he knows something.
Your “unless” comment describes a common self-hanging technique. A popular way is to use a doorknob. Consciousness is lost slowly and painlessly, so the thinking goes.
GH
Thanks for the post. This is, as Marley spoke of the chain Scrooge forged in life, a “ponderous” list. At what number does “coincidence” fail in the explanation?
The word “coincidence” is very interesting. We usually take it to mean of accidental nature.
However, you can see it has the word “coincide” in it. Which means, “in accord or agreement with”.
The list does indeed coincide with the actors posing as politicians.
“There are many here amoung us
Who feel that life is but a Joke
But you and I we’ve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us stop talking falsely now
The hour’s getting late” “Hey!”
– Jimi
Read the ‘story’ carefully. It’s not a journalist verified list, it’s a copy of a conspiracy theory e-mail.
What a joke.
The List of Clinton Associates Who Allegedly Died Mysteriously. Check It Out.
SEE:
https://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2016/08/10/the-list-of-clinton-associates-whove-died-mysteriously-check-it-out/
Donald Trump wanted the death penalty for five innocent black teenagers. Even after they were cleared he wanted them put away for good.
You have to ask yourself why? If they were innocent why would he want five black people to get the death penalty? HHHMMMM…
They weren’t innocent.
Putting the innocent on trial is a waste of time
Johnny Absurd, very fake news
But Monica lived.Trump like Limbaugh and Hannity accused Bill Clinton of murdering Epstien.Im sure Bill Barr is interviewing Clinton today before he murders everyone at the prison.Trump has the most to lose.
Pointing the finger at Clinton was obviously to cause a diversion from the real killers. A classic Trump maneuver. He is obviously in a state of panic right now.
Matt you really are sad and pathetic
Remember the Bernard Baran case? They persecuted him because he was in the know about the Good Old Boys’ homosexual deviancy. Then DA Gerry Downing hid exculpatory tape recordings until his (Gerry Downing’s) death. Then DA David Capeless released the tape recordings and dropped the appeal, and then Baran was released from prison and he (Baran) passed away shortly thereafter.
Meanwhile, alleged child sexual abusers, including but not limited to, Carmen Massimiano and Angelo Stracuzzi walk free. Hmmm.
– Jonathan Melle
No one wants to hear that. It makes them uncomfortable. Justice should be done. That young man went through hell. Makes good people sick to their stomachs.
Most likely he took his own life. He was found dead in his own locked cell, by himself. If suicide turns out to be the official ruling, many will never accept it, even if it is the truth.
How many homicides are ruled accidental, or ruled suicides?
From today’s Eagle:
Mayor Linda Tyer and Superintendent Jason Mc-Candless plan to use the additional funds to move the district’s alternative middle school program from Herberg Middle School to space on Eagle Street, as well as hire additional staff to support it. The plans also include the addition of a restorative justice intervention center in each middle school, common planning time for the city’s elementary schools, adding grade level sections at Egremont and Crosby elementary schools, and hiring an autism consultant that could help the schools better serve that segment of the population and avoid costly placements outside the district.
And Tyer and McCandless also aim to set aside $273,600 of the additional state funds for health insurance costs associated with the additional school employees.
The School Committee will review the plans 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers, while the City Council will dive into them 7 p.m. Tuesday.
What they ought to do with a portion of the funds is hire a better caliber principal for Taconic.
What they ought to do is fire JIV, right-size the department, and restore control of the classrooms. This plan does nothing but expand the size of the department, and the main thruster behind that is political.
Amen, Dan. Spot on!
Absolutely DV !!
Yup. They are buying votes and I am sure they will run the schools further into the ground keeping incompetent teachers. I bet all the state money will be swilled up and the schools will just get worse.
Get out while you can.
This is a horrendous waste of more public money — what happens when the skunks are allowed to roam free, away from citizen oversight.
A horrendous waste of taxpayer money for sure. It is the bread and butter of city and school management to toss money into the wind. How utterly irresponsible!
Restorative Justice used to be getting a kick in the a$$ from your parents when you did something wrong. This BS of not holding people accountable is a huge part of the problem. And a big part of what’s going on with the schools is this nonsense of the courts.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457120-barr-predicts-progressive-prosecutors-will-lead-to-more-crime-more
J2S
Right spot on with your take on “restorative justice.” “RJ” is simply the tacky vinyl sticky paper to put over the fact that the public schools have lost control of the classroom. Even worse, they are afraid to take back control. Hence, the sham and scam of “RJ.”
I remember a blog about restorative justice that had nothing to do with the concept and was merely a reprinting of an article on an unrehabilitated criminal in CONN.
What is magic?
Magic = Getting people beLIEve something that is not real. An illusion. Sometimes done with smoke and mirrors.
MAGIC – Maze/Game/I/See
Fake News.
NEWS = North East West South
Which direction do you want your mind to be pulled in?
Not suicide. This guy had too many skeleton’s in his closet. How hard can it be to keep a guy in a cell from offing hisself?
Kinda reminiscent of old Whitey Bulger not so long ago. Oopsie, got killed one day after a transfer to a new jail. Aww, shucks Whitey, if we only knew somebody might want you dead we would never have put you in general population.
yeah!
I know one thing, I am NOT going to vote for Donald Trump in 2020!
I miss Dan Valenti’s awesome coverage of Pittsfield politics!!!!
Pointing the finger at Trump is the real diversion from the REAL killers. A classic CLINTON manuver. They should’nt hire a better principle for Taconic, they should give the money back to the people where it belonged in the first place.
So if the Clintons are so prolific at killing their enemies, uh, how come some of their biggest enemies are still out there shitting on them every day? And nuttin happens to em.
HUH???
@ JA…..because they sleep with one eye open.
By that reasoning why are Trump’s, Matt? Yea never were a good lawyer were you. That’s why Sherwood wouldn’t make you a partner
Trump must be heartbroken.
JON
Our coverage of Pittsfield politics resumes on Wednesday’s PLANET.
Agree that he may have already been creamated and be back on his island. No doubt we will see others disappear soon with the 4 men killed in Bengazi. The dark powers are more likely the racists. Clinton has the most to lose. Pointing the finger at Trump is the real diversion from the REAL killers. A classic CLINTON manuver. They should’nt hire a better principle for Taconic, they should give the money back to the people where it belonged in the first place.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8bkAsmflmsE&feature=youtu.be
The first Candidate who says they will consolidate the High Schools saving 5 million will get my vote
but not one union vote
J A ,You hit the nail on the head
The Clintons don’t kill their enemies, just the people who got the goods on them.
Enemy, you’re safe; friend, not so much.
Doubt we’ll ever find out the whole truth about Epstein’s death and other activities–too many powerful people involved.
Don’t think it would have been too hard to bribe any of those overstressed guards in that place.
Current President accuses former President of murder
You guys think Trump not mentally ill
Remember what Biden told you…….Truth over facts…..Biden thinks he Yogi Berra.
Yeah. It get’s late early out there.
well all right!
The students will be better served by having specialist and others being heated by one boiler ,being fed by one kitchen,having trades in one building.
When do we get the final number on Taconics new building.
When will Mazzeo start running for Mayor as we have seen nothing yet,Zero and the egg election is in less than 90 days.Ex Mayor Tyer wont say if we should consolidate the two division 3 high schools.
TSC, perfect name to go by, no punctuation and unable to complete a sentence.
I want to see Trumps birth certificate. He can’t be this out of his mind
Pat ,I never realized deep you are into him,I hope you never get so crazy it will take over your life. is for Don
The gibberish king speaks again.
The extra money we received from the State for our school budget this year is a one time payment. Can’t expect to get that every year. However, all the new hires because of this will be employed from now on.
You will never see any layoffs. Just keep increasing the school budget. It never ends for the taxpayers.
AG Barr’s father as headmaster of exclusive school in NYC hired
Epstein to teach young boy’s and girls math. Epstein had no college degree or experience teaching math…but he did have
experience working with young girls….So why is AG Barr on the case ? ( his father was later fired for poor performance in job )
So?
Barr is the last person who should be overseeing this thing. Is he going to indict himself? Does he have a track record of honesty?
What a freakin joke.
Epstein was Clintoncided
I believe those on this blog will be the absolute last people to get off the Trump Train
Truth over facts
Dan,
In answer to your question about why you should write about the parking debacle again – yes you sliced it and diced it pretty good a while back – the answer is:
A. It’s still a mess
B. There’s still too much smoke and mirrors about revenue and expenses.
C. The Summer St/Columbus lot issues brought it back to forefront.
D. Tyer wants to hire the same consultant as before for more consulting.
E. It’s an election year, and should be an issue, though as i’ve Been sayin – it’s Landside Linda cuz no one’s campaigning.
F. Neither I Berkshires or The Boaring Broadsheet can roast a marshmallow as well as you. Too afraid of getting toasted.
What fuels the conspiracy theories is the constant lies that we are told on a daily basis. Debate and discussion are replaced with intimidation and threats. Let’s face it two weeks ago Epstein said there were threats on his life and he was placed on suicide watch his lawyer put pressure on to get him off suicide watch. The guards were suppose to check on him every 15 minutes but they were overworked, understaffed and underpaid. Someone should be held accountable. Let’s not search for the truth though that might put the blame where it belongs.
Ron –
He was murdered. Guys like that don’t have it in them to kill themselves. He was a billionaire who was accustomed to buying his way out of anything. In his world everything had a price tag.
Lack of familiarity with the BOP and Special Housing leads to conspiracy theories based on speculation that has no basis in fact.
From the Bureau of Prisons: There are no cameras in the cells in the hole, aka Special Housing. Each cell can hold 2 prisoners, but for someone like Epstein, he was likely alone. There are cameras for the hall, each cell is locked 23/7 with 1 hour per day for outside “rec” but prisoners are contained in chainlinked outdoor cubes. There is a guard desk at the beginning of the hall in the Special Housing unit. Each cell has an emergency call button should an inmate be in distress or a medical issue ensues.
So, if someone offed Epstein, there is a recording of every person who entered his cell. It is 99.9999999999% unlikely that another prisoner offed him. If anyone did take him out, it would have had to have been a guard, the warden, or prison staff with access to him. Check out the recordings. Match against the approximate time of death. You have the killer (if there was one). Then, follow the money.
Really, Sayer?
Protocols were not followed.
Epstein’s lawyers pulled his 24/7 suicide watch. Why? His lawyers are now hiring lawyers.
If he died in prison – why the photos of his head, uncovered on the gurney being wheeled into the hospital?
His roommate moved the night before his death – why?
Probably the most famous inmate in the place – and no one checked on him for hours before his death? Despite a “suicide attempt” weeks before?
Lots of unanswered questions.
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/08/12/cernovich-epstein-press-conference-footage-explanation/
Two things, first I dpon’t believe he committed suicide. This was a hit. Second more locally, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us some discussion of the campaign In Pittsfield for the local offices.
I am as of now voting for Linda as mayor. She has done her best and I want her for another four years to com-lete her agenda of progress and revitalization.
Seriously? She “did her best?? If that was her best why in the hell would anyone in their right mind want her around to do that to us again?
Outside of the connected special interests who in this city is better off after her horrendous four years as mayor? Certainly not the senior citizens that make up a huge portion of the taxpayers.
What progress and revitalization are you referring to and how much did it cost?
How many homicides shootings stabbing a etc under her watch after she
Campaigned on crime reduction????
If reelected. Pittsfield will likely be the setting for two horror paperbacks; The Tax Man Cometh, and The Axe Man Cometh; (for those not in her political cult. After all she brags that Jimmy Ruberto is her political icon and mentor).
I support the lovely Linda Tyer for reelection for Mayor of Pittsfield in 2019. However, I opposed Jimmy Ruberto’s failed policies and Good Old Boys club. I understand that the lovely Linda is part of Jimmy’s political network. I don’t hold that against her. I believe the lovely Linda is her own person. She cares about Pittsfield, and she listens to everyone, including the poor residents and distressed neighborhoods. I believe the lovely Linda stands for everything that I believe in when it comes to politics and government. She is progressive, fair, and an effective public manager.
– Jonathan Melle
In watching the Pittsfield School Committee meeting last night did anyone else pick up on how McCanass laughed and giggled every time he mentioned the money in his budget? I found it to be very insulting. He is doing absolutely nothing for our school system. He and the whole school committee are full of hot air! Our school system is failing more and more each year. Also, more and more students are electing to leave the Pittsfield School system and no one on the City Council or in the present Administration are asking why! He seems to be creating more and more made up titles with a high salary. What happened to reading, writing and arithmetic? I agree with you DV, he should be fired.
Didn’t see it, but agree with your comments and DV’s.
The smart students are leaving the district as the PPSD caters to the special ed/slower learners population.
Our one party local political system gives money to the schools to buy votes and enforce the status quo. Goon family payoffs are school jobs and schools will circle the drain until the money runs out. Educating the kids is very far down the list of priority.
I wonder what would happen if a non democrat ran for mayor? Or State senator? Would they just crash and burn? Blame the State for this mess, starting voting out at a state level to help fix it.
Who is this Scott Graves person running for mayor?
Am I right in guessing he owns the Boat Club/Marina Club at Pontoosuc Lake? I mean, judging from the huge sign on said building.
I think so. Must be connected judging from parking reprieves he gets.
Mayor Tyer just announced a sighting of the Silverlakeness Monster. The monster is believed to be the latest Pittsfield economic engine. Peopke. From all over the world are expected to flock to Pittsfield.
How about using the money for taxpayer relief.Tyer makes 120 Jake is at 155 and the dont care.Right now Mazzeo has given me no reason to vote for her.Scott Graves anyone.What is he running on ?
I hear from the last people on the Trump train that his 4 trillion deficit is not a problem.You got to love Trump or Chauncey Gardner as people think he’s brilliant, go Chauncey Gardner 2020
Lady boots is very very unlistenable she sounds like a kazoo or harmonica.
The City Council will never object to the Superintedents spending plan. One they don’t know what to do,two…no gonads.
Graves is very handsome,so looks shouldn’t be a problem. N the school found money who’s to say we can even keep what they’ll spend it on,my head hurts from the ceiling bruises …..anyway I guarantee the Council does absolutely nothing,guarantee.
Nineteen additional staff workers also.And benefits go with that. Lot of double talk. Imagine the Superintendent is now the puppet master and has been,otherwise you don’t get re-elected or elected period. I’d take that million plus and put it in any fund we can,but not the Schools.