DUSTIN MICHAELS DEAD.
Posted By Brian Ritz on December 14, 2009
Jesus…apparently BrokeStraightBoys star Dustin Michaels, who also appeared in the Lucas neoclassic FEET!, has died. The cause? He swallowed a bag of marijuana when apprehended by the cops. After they tasered him, he began choking on the bag and eventually choked to death.
A reality show TV crew had been traveling with the police and as such, they got the event on video. Video that was then broadcast on Florida network TV but also is growing in popularity over the internet.
The video is difficult to watch on even a base level, and when you consider ulterior factors (that those were his last moments, that his family has to see this and know this is the end of their son, that you can just as easily find videos of Dustin Michaels online in gay porn…), it makes you sick.
Commentators on various blogs are suggesting this incident is yet another example of why marijuana should be legalized and/or tasers, illegalized. Not to be all Perez Hilton, but What do U think?
As homodm posts on Towleroad, “Were it not for the War on Drugs, [Dustin Michaels] would not have felt so scared of being caught with some pot that he would have tried to swallow it.” Which begs the question: what really caused his death? Was he high and therefore not thinking clearly when he attempted to swallow a plastic baggie of pot? Was he sober and just afraid of the ridiculous consequences of the War on Drugs? Were the police officers homophobic (crazy, but this theory is already being thrown around)?
I’m not sure where my thoughts on the matter lie.
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I felt dirty when I pressed play then had to stop it before I made it half way.. it’s nasty. Releasing the tape is the height of tastelessness (that’s a word, right?).