Oh boy, another Michael Jackson thread at HTZ.  Thanks for the link.

Manslaughter will be the charge if there is one.  Is it his birthday yet, so his body can be laid to rest?

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph... He is NEVER going away... is he?

Aug 24, 2009 -- 5:52PM, Christianlib wrote:

The LA County coroner has rulled Michael Jackson's death a homocide.

NOW it gets interesting.

THE LINK.

I called it the day he died two months ago.

I knew this was an Elvis Presley's doctor type death.  That term is now passé; the new term du jour is 'Michael Jackson's doctor.'  

Jesus H. Christ, look at what Murry administered before the Propafol:  Valium, Ativan, and another benzodiazepine.  Which is too bad because Valium can make you wired and you can rapidly build up a tolerance to both Valium and Ativan; but in combination with the Propafol, they were deadly.

Then Murry didn't tell either the paramedics or anybody in the emergency room that he'd given the Propafol.  And it looks like he lied to the cops when he said he didn't purchase any Propalol for Jackson.  Plus, he was on the phone for 47 minutes -- on one call -- while supposedly attempting to revive Jackson; he left out that little phone call item in his interviews with the cops, so I think there'll be some questions raised there.

Regardless of whether the county prosecutes, I think Murry is going to lose his license.  And I think the prescribing protocols for Propafol will be really tightened up.

So this finding just makes me angry all the way around -- at Jackson for badgering his physician for meds, at his physician for caving, at those of Jackson's idol-worshipping fans who will go into denial about this, and at the whole symbiosis thing with celebs, their physicians, and pharmaceuticals. 

Just thinking about this, I hope the LA County DA throws the book at Murry to send a message to the entertainment industry and the physicians who enable bad pharmaceutical practices therein that this kind of crap won't be tolerated.  (If that's the case, Murry is going to need almost every penny of the 30 grand a month Jackson was paying him to mount any kind of a credible criminal defense.)

End of rant

Greetings, Stargazer.  And welcome back :-)

Great post.  It's tempered my anger, so thank you for that :-)

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Hi there Stargazer. I remember you. Welcome back from me too!

I was thoroughly sick of the coverage of Michael Jackson's death. And I'm afraid it's all going to come back again. Having said that, if he was indeed killed by his doctor then I'm all for a vigorous prosecution. I just don't like these kinds of media circuses over 'celebreties'. So all I can do is refuse to watch or listen. But again, like him or not (and I did like lots of his earlier music even though his personal life struck me as totally wierd) he did not deserve to be killed by his own doctor. So let there be a really good investigation and trial.

Ken