[Discuss] Ian Murdock of Deb/Ian is dead

[pw]

Yes, you're right Adam.

Sorry about that.
I was rather shocked reading his messages.
Not all of the information is in yet.
My apologies.

It's just bad all around.
Saddest events ever. He had a family.

P


On 01/01/2016 07:13 PM, Adam Parkin wrote:
> "S.F. Police beat him up (twice)."
>
> While the death is tragic, offhand remarks like this paint a picture of
> police brutality which is a very serious allegation which (TMK) have yet
> to be confirmed by anyone and only alluded to by Ian himself.  In
> particular:
> http://sfbay.ca/2015/12/31/police-confirm-ian-murdock-arrest-before-suicide/
> paints a much different picture of the events.
>
> In any case, truly a loss for the open source community.
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 2:57 PM, pw <p.willis at telus.net
> <mailto:p.willis at telus.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     He died on Monday.
>     S.F. Police beat him up (twice).
>     He committed suicide in protest.
>
>     Startling little news coverage or information.
>
>     Very sad events.
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