American Gulag

Experimental exploration using found footage about the live on TV Suicide of Penn State Treasurer Budd Dweyer in 1987

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Suicide
• Experimental
• film
• found
• footage

[coolchkaims]

That man was innocent. He killed himself so that his wife and children could receive a generous life insurance policy. Back in 87 they still got the money regardless of the reason for death. He made his suicide public because he wanted to publicize how the system could be so unjust to an innocent person. God rest his soul.

[topo872]

Thank you for your comment. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of it. Hopefully it comes through that I am not making light of his death with this piece.

[HanakoFairhall]

Very nice work, glad you could do something with the video, frankly, I would liked to know where you got it from (or how you managed to get it onto your computer) only place I saw a complete video of this was on buzzhumor, and I find that name less than flattering for something like this o-o

Can you tell me where you got the video(onto your computer) from?

Thank you.

[topo872]

The complete video has been floating around the video tape trading underground for years and years on various compilations. Thats where I first encountered it was on a compilation someone made and traded...

[squirrelydude007]

dang,this was kickass. i just read about this guy. nice job.

[topo872]

Thanks

[spike1138]

There but for the grace of God...

[u2b4dumeze]

@coolchkaims I don't believe for a milli-second that this self-relevant politician was innocent. You're just the sucker that fell for his ploy. This is the act of a coward. He made his suicide public because he knew there would always be some crybaby like you making him out to be some sort of martyr. I hope Satan cooks up a fresh turdburger for him every morning.

[archerofdoom]

Thanks for showing everything but him blowing his head off

[MPFestival]

WOW

WOW WOW

[Mr420ways]

god bless this man!!!! the united states pulled the trigger, judges &lawyers=prostitues i first seen this in 1994 on a deathmetal vhs tape.. this man was innocent, the government drives people to this everyday yet hes the only one with enough balls to do it infront of the world!!! god bless him!!!1

[JKKP1195]

@peacelord

You're not funny.



[peacelord]

@JKKP1195 That was a joke, Watson.

[JKKP1195]

@peacelord no shit, sherlock.

[peacelord]

Did he die?

[claudelebel55]

a very selfish act in my view - if he was truly innocent and sufficiently courageous he could have stuck around and fought it as many have done. Did this really serve anyone ? Is america's justice system any better for it ?