US Census Worker hanged in KY, "FED" written on chest

[dbackjon]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/p...,0,55654.story



MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former cop drew on years of experience for a warning: "Be careful."

The 51-year-old Sparkman was found this month hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

"Even though he was with the Census Bureau, sometimes people can view someone with any government agency as 'the government.' I just was afraid that he might meet the wrong character along the way up there," said Acciardo, who directs an after-school program at an elementary school where Sparkman was a frequent substitute teacher.

[bandl]

Dude

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[CitadelGrad]

I worked door-to-door for the Census Bureau during the summer between my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. I can't tell you how many times I was threatened. The right-wingers called me a Communist and the lefties called me a Nazi. Many times people were glad "someone from the government" finally showed up to solve all their problems. I was freaking 17 years old and these sad, stupid people thought I had the power to make them less stupid and their lives less sad. They were disappointed when I only wanted to know the number of people and toilets in their houses. I learned a lot about the average American that summer and none of what I learned was encouraging.

[mainejeff]

I worked door-to-door for the Census Bureau during the summer between my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. I can't tell you how many times I was threatened. The right-wingers called me a Communist and the lefties called me a Nazi. Many times people were glad "someone from the government" finally showed up to solve all their problems. I was freaking 17 years old and these sad, stupid people thought I had the power to make them less stupid and their lives less sad. They were disappointed when I only wanted to know the number of people and toilets in their houses. I learned a lot about the average American that summer and none of what I learned was encouraging.

Scary, ain't it?

[AZGrizFan]

I worked door-to-door for the Census Bureau during the summer between my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. I can't tell you how many times I was threatened. The right-wingers called me a Communist and the lefties called me a Nazi. Many times people were glad "someone from the government" finally showed up to solve all their problems. I was freaking 17 years old and these sad, stupid people thought I had the power to make them less stupid and their lives less sad. They were disappointed when I only wanted to know the number of people and toilets in their houses. I learned a lot about the average American that summer and none of what I learned was encouraging.

And the vast majority of those people are voters.

[CID1990]

Did the authorities check to see if his liver was missing? Did they check to see who was buying fava beans?

[BlueHen86]

I worked door-to-door for the Census Bureau during the summer between my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. I can't tell you how many times I was threatened. The right-wingers called me a Communist and the lefties called me a Nazi. Many times people were glad "someone from the government" finally showed up to solve all their problems. I was freaking 17 years old and these sad, stupid people thought I had the power to make them less stupid and their lives less sad. They were disappointed when I only wanted to know the number of people and toilets in their houses. I learned a lot about the average American that summer and none of what I learned was encouraging.

And the vast majority of those people are voters.

That is what scares me.

[catamount man]

Obviously these people have no value for the life of an innocent man. SAD.