Miami-Dade County Commissioner commits suicide... CIA style

[sliver]

careful, he might point out that you missed an apostrophe and an e in that post, thus owning you into last week.

[werldhed]

Teele was found with two small caliber holes in the back of his head. Initially Teele responded to questions by blinking his eyes on command, he said.

Honestly now, will someone explain what that means? He was found with two gunshot wounds to the head and he was still alive and lucid enough to answer questions?

That's exactly what it is. He died in the hospital.

[shiznit]

:icon19: not a single person on this forum agrees with rep's paranoid CIA fantasy.

[Dave]

This looks like a job for R&R

[rep]

:icon19: not a single person on this forum agrees with rep's paranoid CIA fantasy.

Shiznit has an issue with speaking for a lot of people.

Shiznit thinks Ford is the best car. "Everyone thinks Ford is the best."

LMAO I'm done with this thread. Owned it completely, jabbing you little shits left and right.

I never knew I could knock people out with just jabs. Good job to Shittla on not slashing his wrists yet.

[rep]

We know you're a dickhead rep. no need to prove it AGAIN with all the icon19s

[werldhed]

I would just like to say that other reports claim he shot himself in the mouth. Surely it was the CIA.

[sliver]

christ he's turning into some sort of Horka Thane-Methyd hybrid.

[R00k]

Why can't rep just be bant? What if everybody voted on it?

[sliver]

Because every e-village needs an idiot.

[+JuggerNaut+]

Here's the whole article so people can see how you're selectively sensationalizing like your usual idiot self.

Former Miami Official Kills Himself at Newspaper

MIAMI (July 28) - A former city commissioner recently indicted on corruption charges fatally shot himself Wednesday in the lobby of The Miami Herald building, authorities said.

Arthur E. Teele Jr. shot himself in the head shortly after 6 p.m., police said. He had just asked a security guard if he could see columnist Jim DeFede, an acquaintance of many years, The Herald reported.

"He (Teele) said to tell DeFede to tell his wife he loves her," the guard said.

Miami police spokesman Delrish Moss said Teele died at 7:50 p.m. at Ryder Trauma Center. Authorities said the weapon used was a semiautomatic.

"All of us at the Miami Herald Publishing company wish to extend our sympathy to Mr. Teele's family and many friends at this difficult time," Miami Herald Publisher Jesus Diaz said Wednesday.

A spokesman for the city Fire-Rescue Department, Ignatius Carroll, said Teele was found with two small caliber holes in the back of his head. Initially Teele responded to questions by blinking his eyes on command, he said.

"What a tragedy it is for his family, for the community," City Commissioner Johnny Winton said. "It's unbelievable. He was a fighter and I respected that part of him."

Teele and an electrical contractor were indicted July 14 on charges of lying to get more than $20 million in contracts at Miami International Airport that were supposed to go to minority-owned businesses.

Teele, who is black, is also a former Miami-Dade County commissioner. He was convicted in March in state court of threatening a police officer as part of an unrelated corruption investigation that has yet to go to trial.

DeFede said he spoke with Teele several times Wednesday, the Herald reported.

In the longest call, about 90 minutes before the shooting, Teele spoke emotionally about his legal problems and various allegations that had been made against him, the report said.

"He was very upset," said DeFede, who knew Teele for 14 years.

In their last call, Teele said he was at the Herald and leaving DeFede a package, but did not sound particularly upset, DeFede said.

"I said to Art, `Well, is it urgent? Do you want me to come down there right now? Is it something I need to see tonight?"

Teele replied no, and hung up.

Diaz also said that DeFede had been fired.

"In the process of reporting the story, Executive Editor Tom Fiedler and I learned that a phone conversation with Arthur Teele had been recorded without his permission by columnist Jim DeFede. DeFede acknowledged his mistake and the Herald terminated his employment," Diaz said.

The Associated Press could not reach DeFede for comment.

he didn't have the whole article posted?

[Keep It Real]

rep got stomped by piddla :lol: pathetic :lol:

[Testoclesius]

The problem with my argument is that I'm speaking out of my ass yet again.

The first step is to realize this guy couldnt have been a martyr for stealing public funds so I'm full of shit as usual.

I can't wait until someone finds my address and cleanses me from this earth, along with my little doggie too who keeps me from doing it myself.

fixed.

fuckin hell look out world piddla just unleashed his ruthless internet version of the atomic bomb, the dastardly quote edit :lol:

[Zerofactor]

If this was an assassination and it's not, the assassin would've done this (unless he/she is a real crappy assassin):

1. Used a higher calibur weapon
2. Shot the guy once
3. Made sure he was dead before he left

I'm not saying all assassins only shoot their targets once, but if this guy was assassinated in a small, close-quarters room, how hard would it be to ensure someone's dead? I dunno, Rep is an idiot, the guy obviously reached around and shot himself in the back of the head. Unless someone has actual photos of the bullet wounds, although I don't think that would prove anything more.

But what do I know, I'm just Zerofactor, a guy with mostly common sense.

[Geebs]

Teele was found with two small caliber holes in the back of his head. Initially Teele responded to questions by blinking his eyes on command, he said.

Honestly now, will someone explain what that means? He was found with two gunshot wounds to the head and he was still alive and lucid enough to answer questions?

"obeying commands" is specifically part of the Glasgow Coma Scale for conscious level; scores you a 6/6. Eyes open spontaneously gets you a 4/4, no speech gets you a 1/5. So he had a GCS of at least 11/15 on arrival, which is quite respectable really. Given that we know almost nothing about any damage to structures in his face, that may still be misleadingly low.

So yeah, means he was quite alert.

(BTW, in the Glasgow Coma Scale, a housebrick and a dead body both score 3/15 )

[seremtan]

my imagination is running wild wondering why it's named after glasgow

[Geebs]

They just like making scales in Glasgow. There's a whole bunch, like the Glasgow scale for severity of pancreatitis

[seremtan]

lol