I think it was probably stress, probably a lot of it related to the fact that he was living in Atlanta. The rest of Georgia is pretty free, but Atlanta was very locked down, and the political situation has gotten worse by the minute.
Suicides often make symbolic gestures, and this was definitely one of those.
And after the Braves and Dawgs won their championships? Guess he wasn’t a fan.
Seeing as how there must be other ways less icky to off oneself, I think you are right.
"They'll look down at my little dad body and they'll be sorry." Metaphorically of course, since there is probably not much left to look at.
Talking about the lockdown stress etc, I wonder why those most emotionally affected don't go the other direction and get homicidal on those they see as responsible for the situation? Seems more logical to me. At least in my way of looking at things. I know very well that the elitists screwing me will not suffer a bit knowing they drove me to offing myself.
I wonder what happened. My experiences with MARTA were always very positive and it was well run with an interracial organization. They had pretty strict rules about what you could do on their property (including eating and drinking) and even back then I personally saw plainclothes officers appear out of nowhere to “remind” patrons very decisively about those rules. I felt 50x safer on a MARTA train than I would in Chicago on an L.