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Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson commits suicide on bridge in Mt. Washington
wdrb.com ^ | 12/13/17 | unknown

Posted on 12/13/2017 6:01:15 PM PST by gop4lyf

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson, who was under investigation for alleged sexual molestation, has committed suicide.

Bullitt County Sheriff Donnie Tinnell said Johnson shot himself on a bridge on Greenwell Ford Road in Mt. Washington, and the gun was recovered.

(Excerpt) Read more at wdrb.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2013; 201712; 911; 911morgue; 911prayerservice; allegations; bullitcounty; congresssexscandals; danjohnson; despair; funerals; grief; gwot; johnson; kentucky; louisville; morgue; mtwashington; ptsd; republican; rip; suicide; terrorism
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To: semaj

What are you all talking about? The guy committed suicide, denied all allegations and has suffered from 9/11 PTSD. Nice to see you all have hearts...


101 posted on 12/13/2017 7:48:43 PM PST by madison10 (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Bonemaker

“Thats very bad. But its what all these wicked evil women want.”

I see what you mean, but it serves the public well if the pedophiles off themselves.


102 posted on 12/13/2017 7:50:33 PM PST by sagar
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To: vette6387

You do if you think there us no way to clear your name. Not saying one way or the other, but these accusations are making the Salem witch trials look like birthday parties. The accuser said he was drunk, the accuser said he acted inappropriately and left leaning NPR reported it. Yep, judge and jury right there.


103 posted on 12/13/2017 7:53:16 PM PST by madison10 (Merry Christmas!)
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To: piasa

Anyone making accusations found to be false should be arrested for it.

I have no idea about this man, whatever he did or did not do, he should not have committed suicide.


104 posted on 12/13/2017 7:55:57 PM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: sagar

Convicted him already? Btw the accuser was 17, not pedophile material.


105 posted on 12/13/2017 7:57:26 PM PST by reaganaut (For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.)
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To: piasa; Vortex
This explains the comments in Dan Johnson's suicide note- Vortex answered my question :

I would suggest reading this about Rep. Dan Johnson Local bishop on running 9/11 morgue: "It was heaven and hell" http://www.whas11.com/news/local/local-bishop-on-running-911-morgue-it-was-heaven-and-hell/316264380 100 posted on ‎12‎/‎13‎/‎2017‎ ‎10‎:‎45‎:‎58‎ ‎PM by Vortex

106 posted on 12/13/2017 7:57:46 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: fatima

He watched the last days just as we did, he probably saw people he admired acting like witnesses at the Salem witch trials. I’m a pretty strong person but it horrified me, I can’t even imagine how anyone would feel if they were accused. Guilty, not guilty you wouldn’t stand a chance, your loved ones would be drug through the mud with you, no one would stand up for you

Like you, I pray for his soul.


107 posted on 12/13/2017 7:59:04 PM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Paladin2

Wow...that is nice!!


108 posted on 12/13/2017 8:02:26 PM PST by Osage Orange (Watch your six.)
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To: little jeremiah

“Anyone making accusations found to be false should be arrested for it.”

Already there are laws against it. What’s missing is the enforcement. All claims have to be vetted. And before “dropping” charges, those that accuse should be tried in the court of law. Ditto for cases that end in acquittal. Then just watch so calles crimes just dissapear.


109 posted on 12/13/2017 8:03:52 PM PST by sagar
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To: reaganaut

“Convicted him already?”

He did give himself the death penalty, so, yeah.

“Btw the accuser was 17, not pedophile material.”

You shouldn’t say this in real life. Will be pretty ackward.


110 posted on 12/13/2017 8:07:20 PM PST by sagar
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To: sagar

The (choke/cough/gag) “justice” system in the US is digustingly corrupt and unjust. Oh well...


111 posted on 12/13/2017 8:08:19 PM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: piasa

Guess you didn’t read the article.He was there and blessed the Souls that passed.He had PTSD and I guess a person coming forward took him over.Not saying it’s true.Prayers.


112 posted on 12/13/2017 8:10:53 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: little jeremiah

No, he shouldn’t have.

Think how different the world would be if Joseph had committed suicide after being falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+39&version=NIV


113 posted on 12/13/2017 8:11:21 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Tarasaramozart

Tarasaramozart, I concur with your post. I think some folks on this forum should perhaps step out from behind their keyboard and monitor a little more often and have some positive person to person interactions with real human beings outside this virtual bubble.

I feel confident in stating that nobody who has posted in this thread knows whether the accusations are true or not. Yet anonymity seems to breed a self-righteous confidence that gives rise to outright crass belligerence.
How would any of us feel if it were us accused? How would we feel if it were our son, brother, father, grandfather? So far most of the accusations are hitting public figures that are in the abstract to us. However, if the trend continues, it may work its way down to people well-known to us, perhaps even close to us. Will we be so flippant about the outcome then?


114 posted on 12/13/2017 8:15:06 PM PST by ThomasSawyer (Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
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To: Paladin2

I have always loved that car!


115 posted on 12/13/2017 8:16:15 PM PST by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: little jeremiah

“The (choke/cough/gag) “justice” system in the US is digustingly corrupt and unjust. Oh well...”

The US justice system is so corrupt, so unfair, so out of touch, and, yet, the best justice system in the world.


116 posted on 12/13/2017 8:17:58 PM PST by sagar
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To: sagar

REPORTED.

Why? Because you’re a damn liar and are using hyperbole.

EVEN IF THE ALLEGATION WAS TRUE. Trying to kiss a 17 year old is not a f**king pedophile.

Pedophilia or paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.


117 posted on 12/13/2017 8:18:53 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: sagar

Pedophilia has a certain age limit. Most states 17 is above age of consent. You make your statement around intelligent people it would be quite awkward for you.

And suicide is not proof of guilt. He was asked to resign based on a single NPR news segment. PSTD and seeing your life destroyed over false accusations, suicide isn’t surprising.


118 posted on 12/13/2017 8:19:52 PM PST by reaganaut (For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.)
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To: reaganaut

not to mention holiday time is high suicide for depressed people.


119 posted on 12/13/2017 8:21:14 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: sagar

Btw, age of consent is 16 in KY.


120 posted on 12/13/2017 8:22:05 PM PST by reaganaut (For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.)
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