Michael Jackson: King of Pop’s Death Ruled a Homicide
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on August 24, 2009
Michael Jackson, visiting with Pres. Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at the White House in 1984
This news about Michael Jackson’s death is just breaking…
Michael Jackson’s death ruled a homicide by LA coroner
New York Daily News
BY Nancy Dillon in Los Angeles and Corky Siemaszko in New York
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS | August 24, 2009Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide.
Eight weeks after the King of Pop was found unconscious, a search warrant of his doctor’s office revealed Monday what had long been suspected – that Jackson was given “lethal levels” of a dangerous anesthetic.
Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, the target of a manslaughter probe, told Los Angeles cops that he had been treating the singer for insomnia for about six weeks, according to the document.
Murray, whose Houston offices were searched, also admitted he had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night intravenously, the records obtained by the Los Angeles Times state.
The doctor claims he feared Jacko was getting hooked on the drug so he began lowering the dosage and mixing in other powerful sedatives like lorazepam and midazolam.
Two days before Jackson died June 25, all he gave the singer were the substitute sedatives, he insists.
But on the morning Jackson died, Murray told cops he tried again to get the singer to sleep without using propofol, the records state. Murray said on that fateful night he first gave Jackson valium at 1:30 a.m. When that didn’t work, the doctor said he injected lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m.
An hour later, Jackson was still awake so Murray said he gave him midazolam.
Still, Jackson could not sleep.
And over the next hours Murray said he plied the singer with various other sedatives.
Finally, at 10:40 a.m., and after Jackson insisted on the propofol, Murray said he caved and gave into the singer’s demands.
And Jackson was doomed.
A law enforcement official told the Associated Press that the LA County coroner has ruled Jackson’s death a homicide.
But Murray, who has been the target of a manslaughter probe for weeks, has not yet been charged with a crime.
Murray has insisted – ever since Jackson was found unconscious at a rented LA mansion – that he did nothing wrong.
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Additional reading:
Patterico’s Pontifications: Michael Jackson’s Death Ruled a Homicide
Telegraph.co.uk: Michael Jackson’s death certificate amended and Macaulay Culkin: I didn’t father Michael Jackson’s child
Debbie Schlussel: LIVE BLOG: Funniest Thing About the Michael Jackson Memorial Circus; UPDATED: Complete Cliff’s Notes of Al Sharpton Speech, Other UPDATES
Hot Air Green Room: We Don’t Need Another Hero
Billy Hallowell, Big Hollywood: (We’re Quickly Becoming) A Nation of Idiots
Horiwood’s Blog: MICHAEL JACKSON WAS ONE OF THE THREE MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
Politico:
The Hinterland Gazette: Rev. Al Sharpton in New Controversy Over Comments that Michael Jackson Paved Way for Barack Obama to Become President
Jeffrey Jena, Big Hollywood: The Media: Wrong on Jackson, Wrong on Palin
Breitbart.tv: O’Reilly vs. Sharpton: Was Michael Jackson Strange?
Jason Killian Meath, Big Hollywood: Michael Jackson and the Supremes
Gold Star Mothers, Big Hollywood: Debbie Lee: Americans Celebrate Michael Jackson, Ignore Troops
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Heartbreaker: A Daughter’s Love and Grief for Her Deceased Father, Michael Jackson (video)
Michelle Malkin: Sheila Jackson-Lee hits rock bottom and Race hustler does freak dance for Jacko and Stupidest House resolution ever and Stomach-turners of the morning and Check out “backlash” against Rep. King over Jacko comments and Another reason MSM’s Jacko-mania reeks
Chris Arledge, Big Hollywood: The King of Pop, Sir Paul, and the Right to Reclaim Copyrights
Jim Blazsik: Remember Michael, but please remember Iran
Broken Masterpieces: Pondering Michael Jackson
Jesse Washington, My Way: Los Angeles braces for Michael Jackson’s final act
GayPatriot: Michael Jackson Memorial Circus & Real Heroes
John Nolte, Big Hollywood: Power of Pop Culture: Michael Jackson’s Final Makeover
The Thinker: Even in death…
Cometh At Midnight: Michael Jackson’s Memorial
Gunservatively!: ScumBum-of-the-Week: Sheila Jackson Lee
Michael McGruther, Big Hollywood: Moral Relativism; The Liberal Lynchpin
Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot, NRO: Rep. Peter King Campaigns for President of Those Tired of Michael Jackson Coverage
Emptysuit: Celebrities That Have Died Since Obama Has Taken Office
My Way: Elephants lumber to Staples before Jackson service
Land of Punt: Michael Jackson: Congressman Calls Out Those Glorifying His Departure
Sandy’s Year of New Things: 7/7: Did Not Watch The Michael Jackson Hoopla
UrbanGrounds: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Where’s the Resolution to Honor Sgt. Joshua Soto?
Sister Toldjah: A resolution honoring Michael Jackson? Are you kidding me?
Steven Wyer – It’s All About Information: MICHAEL JACKSON ASSAULTED DURING MEMORIAL SERVICE
Leaning Straight Up: RIP Times Two: Farrah and Jacko: Beauty and the Beast
Mirror.co.uk: Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain
Ed Driscoll: “King Of Pop Dead At 12″
The New Editor: Sharpton wants MJ postage stamp, national day of mourning for the late pop star
Jude, Big Hollywood: On Michael Jackson
About the author
We have to give the man his due: Michael Jackson was – beyond a shadow of a doubt – a great artist whose recorded legacy will endure for decades, maybe even a century or more. But an examination of his life is riddled with questions of all that might have been; all that should have been. It is more than likely that this was a severely mentally ill human being who never sought the treatment he so desperately needed; surrounded by fawning sycophants who enabled his sickness by constantly reassuring him that he could do no wrong. As John Lennon once said in the same context about Elvis Presley, another victim of the excesses of fame: “It’s always the courtiers that kill the king”.
The sad, inescapable truth is that for reasons we will probably never be able to fully understand, his talent and his career were ultimately wasted. Like Charlie Parker, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland and Lenny Bruce before him, his brilliance as an artist would be overshadowed by severe, psychological torment and an unexplainable desire for self-destruction. Therein lies the real, unspeakable tragedy of Michael Jackson.
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