Yes, it was a suicide, because his testimony wasn't part of anything related to whistleblowing, he was appealing a loss of the wrongful termination lawsuit against Boeing.

The idiots who never bothered to learn more than the man's name think "big company killed whistleblower" are showing just how little they understand things.

To recap, all the evidence from his whistleblowing was submitted to authorities 7 years ago. He had no bombshells to drop, no story that hadn't been told, just a lawsuit over how Boeing retaliated against him for Whistleblowing 7 years ago, forcing him to "retire".

A few days before he killed himself, he was on the stand in front of the appeals judges, and from all accounts, they did not seem like they were going to overturn his loss. He was then called back for another round of testimony, but was already dead by then.

Can you imagine a 7-year legal battle over being fired for having integrity? The stress this man must have felt?

Boeing killed John Barnett, but they didn't pull the trigger, he did. Don't cheapen that with lies about some sort of conspiracy. Just know that Boeing is one of dozens of companies who have worked for decades to weaken labor protections.

How totally unexpected.

I wonder what kind of yacht the police investigators are going to buy with the donations from the representative of the Boeing Corporation.

"What about this note that says, 'If I die, it wasn't suicide'?"

"That's still technically a suicide note."

Just like those people who shoot themselves in the back of cop cars with their hands cuffed behind them.

So its either presured into suicide by lawsuit from Boeing or murdered and made to look like suicide. Either way its fucked up.

I read the article and I have one outstanding question. Is this the same guy who stated he is not suicidal days before?

Epstein'd

The bullet that killed him matched the gun in his hand, like okay that’s fair. But they use that as the justification for suicide. Like, of course if you want someone to look like they killed themselves you would use a gun and place it in their hand. Didn’t we learn about this kind of basic subterfuge in our teenage years watching TV/Movies.

Whistleblowers risk their entire reputations and careers in the pursuit of doing the right thing and stopping corporations from committing crimes. Isn’t that the opposite of wanting to kill yourself? Courage in the face of tremendous opposition??

“Open and shut case Johnson. Sprinkle some crack on him and let’s get out of here.”

in other news, Charelston PD announces their new MH-139A helicopter

Same as most other whistleblowers are die because of suicide, accident or a sudden and strange illness, by system.

Let me guess, he shot himself in the back 6 times?

Uh-huh.

move along folks, nothing to see here

Well I certainly hope all those pigs don't do the same thing, but they always have a high tolerance for shame

well thats weird