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Charlie Kirks death - a mortician explains (Original Post) orangecrush Sep 11 OP
without listening I would guess his brain stem was immediately obliterated from the shockwave ImNotGod Sep 11 #1
Severed carotid orangecrush Sep 11 #4
No, he spasmed and reacted. sir pball Sep 11 #13
my problem with this is the assumption of neck target Kali Sep 11 #2
Or orangecrush Sep 11 #3
I agree with this logic. AZJonnie Sep 11 #7
Lead poisoning, in my non-professional opinion. Wonder Why Sep 11 #5
No doubt. orangecrush Sep 11 #6
Carolyn Sue Jones was not a Mortician but she played a female one on TV! Wonder Why Sep 11 #8
Spot on. poli-junkie Sep 11 #9
Truth be told, I haven't seen the video of Baitball Blogger Sep 11 #10
I have no desire to ever see the actual video of the 'moment of impact'. beaglelover Sep 11 #11
I saw one. Evidently there are a few more. There were a lot of cameras around. JPK Sep 11 #15
I just saw it on YouTube BigmanPigman Sep 11 #17
this 'video' is laughably bad... democratsruletheday Sep 11 #12
Its the professional opinion orangecrush Sep 11 #16
'Pronounced dead at' wherever doesn't mean Oeditpus Rex Sep 11 #14

ImNotGod

(1,143 posts)
1. without listening I would guess his brain stem was immediately obliterated from the shockwave
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:27 PM
Sep 11

of a 30 cal high energy bullet hitting his neck not to mention the massive blood loss. Looked like he lost all human expression, motor function as soon as it hit, just wobbled and fell.

sir pball

(5,148 posts)
13. No, he spasmed and reacted.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:19 PM
Sep 11

Maruh Kitteh has posted at greater length about this elsewhere, but long story short he immediately displayed decorticate posturing, indicating a catastrophic loss of blood flow to the brain. Basically, his throat was cut, and it took him a few seconds to die.

If he had been shot in the medulla oblongata, the brain stem, he would have simply collapsed, with no muscle tone whatsoever, like a marionette with the strings cut.

Kali

(56,471 posts)
2. my problem with this is the assumption of neck target
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:28 PM
Sep 11

as many others have pointed out, generally one would go for torso or head. neck was more likely a "lucky" miss rather than some "perfect" shot.

orangecrush

(26,795 posts)
3. Or
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:31 PM
Sep 11

It was someone very, very good at their craft, and they are literally toying with law enforcement leaving blind alley "clues".

AZJonnie

(1,636 posts)
7. I agree with this logic.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:49 PM
Sep 11

We have no idea what the shooter was aiming for other than (almost certainly) Charlie Kirk, and the "perfect k*** shot" may have been incidental. It's like comparing the odds of SOMEONE winning the lottery, vs a PARTICULAR someone winning the lottery. They are very different odds, and I'm surprised that someone who seems scientifically competent would be this mathematically not so. Apparently also the shot distance has been reduced to 142 yards. I would bet that striking the upper part of the human body on somebody seated and not really moving around is something probably 10's of 1000's of Americans could do at least 9 out of 10 times.

Baitball Blogger

(50,965 posts)
10. Truth be told, I haven't seen the video of
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:00 PM
Sep 11

The exact moment it happened. Every video I have seen has cut the moment out of the clip.

JPK

(874 posts)
15. I saw one. Evidently there are a few more. There were a lot of cameras around.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:23 PM
Sep 11

It is quite brutal. The blood release was like a bathtub faucet opened instantaneously full force, all at once. I think he was dead before he fell out of the chair.

BigmanPigman

(53,834 posts)
17. I just saw it on YouTube
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:55 PM
Sep 11

Posted by A-Gemm 8. The whole video is about how the blood spurting in a certain direction, his ring finger, etc and the way he was hit were all fake. It's 100% conspiracy BS and when you do watch it it's obvious it is 100% real.

democratsruletheday

(1,586 posts)
12. this 'video' is laughably bad...
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:08 PM
Sep 11

on so many levels I don't have the time or patience to dissect It. Stopped halfway through.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,768 posts)
14. 'Pronounced dead at' wherever doesn't mean
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:22 PM
Sep 11

"died at" wherever. Only an MD can make that pronunciation, noting the time to the nearest minute for the official certificate of death.

Whether Kirk died instantly, a minute later or en route to hospital, if no MD is present to make the pronunciation, he wasn't "officially" dead, for the record. Legitimate news media are bound to abide by the record.

Classic example: JFK was almost certainly dead the instant the bullet from the front and right of him blew off much of his brain, but he wasn't pronounced dead for another half hour, in a trauma room at Parkland Hospital.

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