# Someone croaked Whitey Bulger **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733 "2018-10-30T17:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/41 "2018-10-31T13:23:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Sorry, I can’t get behind bludgeoning a 89 year old man in a wheelchair to death. They tried to gouge his eyes out. Easy for you to say _now_. Where were you when we were voting on this _before_ they beat him to death? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/42 "2018-10-31T13:59:00Z")
I have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s not unusual to have prisoners that committed crimes that puts them in danger of retribution. There’s procedures to keep them safe in prison. Whitey was attacked by a known mob hitman within hours of arriving. I hope that’s investigated. Find out if anyone working in the prison system manipulated his execution. I’m well aware Whitey was a horrible person and very dangerous in his Younger days. Not much different from the guy that executed him. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/43 "2018-10-31T14:02:38Z")
What are you suggesting? That there might be corruption in the prison system? That’s completely unheard of. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/44 "2018-10-31T14:13:54Z")
Money talks. I bet somebody paid out a lot to kill this guy. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/45 "2018-10-31T14:28:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What are you suggesting? That there might be corruption in the prison system? That’s completely unheard of. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Money talks. I bet somebody paid out a lot to kill this guy. Whooosh ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/46 "2018-10-31T14:57:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Doesn’t matter what Whitey did or who he killed during his mob days. He was sentenced and sent to prison. He wasn’t given a death sentence. The prison had a responsibility to ensure his safety. This is just silly. Absolutely NO ONE is safe in prison. I suspect Bulger still had some info on people, might have felt like spilling the beans. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/47 "2018-10-31T16:17:32Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Here is a very [amusing story](https://themoth.org/stories/call-me-charlie) told by a guy who serendipitously helped the FBI capture Bolger. I also heap praise upon your link. Quite an entertaining story. Also, God has spoken and it looks like Bulger is going to Hell for snitching: > **[God Confirms Whitey Bulger Sent To Hell For Snitching](https://www.theonion.com/god-confirms-whitey-bulger-sent-to-hell-for-snitching-1830111656)** > > HEAVEN—Saying that the former organized crime boss was going where he belonged for his unforgivable sin after his death Tuesday in a West Virginia prison, the Lord Our God, Our Heavenly Father, confirmed that Whitey Bulger had been sent to Hell for... ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/48 "2018-10-31T18:13:50Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > One of Doctor Seuss’s lesser known works. > > Would you beat him with a lock? > Would you put it in a sock? Quality! Nice work. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/49 "2018-10-31T19:04:13Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > > [@Penfeather](#): > > > > One of Doctor Seuss’s lesser known works. > > > > Would you beat him with a lock? > > Would you put it in a sock? > > Quality! Nice work. Agree! This one: > [@Penfeather](#): > > Could you, would you with a shiv? > Would you make him cease to live? > They could not shank him on the Rock > But would you beat him with this lock? was also really good. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/50 "2018-10-31T23:37:02Z")
Gee, who would have guessed that transferring a guy who informed on the mafia to be housed with a mafia hitman would result in the informant’s death? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/51 "2018-11-01T06:16:37Z")
Jesus Christ! What kind of fucking socks are they giving these prisoners? 😕 Mine get holes in them from walking around for about 10 minutes in Comfort-Gel Soles. What the hell kind of socks can hold a Master Lock for a beat-down so comprehensive the vic can hardly be identified? 😕 Hanes? Fruit Of The Loom? I want these socks. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/52 "2018-11-01T11:33:43Z")
the reputed hitman was already in for life so he did not lose anything by whacking another guy. His family probably gets some cash from the mob for the hit. Also the hitman had a chance to turn state’s evidence for a lesser sentence and he turned down that offer so he’s pretty hardcore mob. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/53 "2018-11-01T12:44:46Z")
Given how spectacularly the government failed in its duty to safely incarcerate Bulger, it’s hard not wonder if there was an intentional plan to get Bulger murdered. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/54 "2018-11-01T15:13:18Z")
“I thought I was moping in the warehouse - maybe I was slocking in the greenhouse” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/55 "2018-11-01T15:33:59Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Given how spectacularly the government failed in its duty to safely incarcerate Bulger, it’s hard not wonder if there was an intentional plan to get Bulger murdered. It seems to stretch credulity to think that prison officials were not somehow complicit in this. I’m no conspiracy theorist, but there had to have been a bit of “look the other way” going on here. Not that I’m sorry this guy met his demise in this way, but I do prefer to at least publicly be against extrajudicial killings. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/56 "2018-11-01T23:13:54Z")
Locks but no bagels? It’s criminal how the Italians and Irish do brunch, criminal I tell ya. INJ (I’m not Jewish), is Locks & Tongue any better? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/57 "2018-11-02T01:34:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It seems to stretch credulity to think that prison officials were not somehow complicit in this. I’m no conspiracy theorist, but there had to have been a bit of “look the other way” going on here. Not that I’m sorry this guy met his demise in this way, but I do prefer to at least publicly be against extrajudicial killings. Bulger was murdered by another prisoner. Why assume prison officials were involved? It’s very difficult to isolate prisoners from contact with other prisoners. Because doing so triggers protests that prison officials are engaging in cruel and unusual punishment by putting prisoners in solitary confinement. It’s the usual complaints. We’re told that we’re somehow responsible for the crimes committed by prisoners (all of whom had criminal histories before entering prison). But when we try to control what prisoners do, we’re told (often by the same people) that we’re oppressing the prisoners and we should let them be more free. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/58 "2018-11-02T01:38:08Z")
> [@dba\_Fred](#): > > Locks but no bagels? It’s criminal how the Italians and Irish do brunch, criminal I tell ya. > INJ (I’m not Jewish), is Locks & Tongue any better? Jailhouse tip: Don’t use a lock. They’re relatively light, they’re valuable, and they’re easy to trace if you have to drop the weapon. Throw a can of beans in a sock instead. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/59 "2018-11-02T02:53:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Bulger was murdered by another prisoner. Why assume prison officials were involved? > > It’s very difficult to isolate prisoners from contact with other prisoners. Because doing so triggers protests that prison officials are engaging in cruel and unusual punishment by putting prisoners in solitary confinement. > > It’s the usual complaints. We’re told that we’re somehow responsible for the crimes committed by prisoners (all of whom had criminal histories before entering prison). But when we try to control what prisoners do, we’re told (often by the same people) that we’re oppressing the prisoners and we should let them be more free. Honestly? I don’t give a shit Dead guy’s dead. Fuck him. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733/60 "2018-11-02T02:54:16Z")
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