Workplace Violence - the Annie Le Murder

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Workplace Violence - the Annie Le Murder
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Fri, 09-18-2009 - 12:22pm
Raymond Clark's Co-Workers Describe Him as a 'Control Freak'
New Details Emerge About Clark's Personality


By DAVID MUIR, JOSH GAYNOR and RICH McHUGH

Sept. 18, 2009


Raymond Clark is spending his first full day in a high-security prison, refusing to talk to cops about the crime for which he stands accused: the killing of Yale grad student Annie Le. But a picture of Clark is emerging as an overbearing "control freak" who was upset with Le's handling of the mice in the lab where they both worked.


Clark's co-workers at a Yale University laboratory told police that Clark would have confrontations with scientists and viewed the lab as his territory, a source told The Associated Press, leading police to question if a workplace fight led to Le's death.


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Fri, 09-18-2009 - 12:31pm

What an awful case.

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Fri, 09-18-2009 - 2:34pm

This case seems much more than workplace violence.

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Fri, 09-18-2009 - 2:59pm
I'm not 100% sure but they were both at the school. I thought I understood that while in class, someone set off a fire alarm. I imagine that the mice are part of the lab work for her.
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Fri, 09-18-2009 - 3:25pm

It goes to show that none of us are ever really safe. This lady worked in a building that was about as secure as they get; yet even that didn't protect her.


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Sat, 09-19-2009 - 11:51am

The workplace has become a real source of stress and anxiety and a place for mindless powerplays to be acted out.


In reading story after story - workplace violence or just real workplace domination by a selected few

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Sat, 09-19-2009 - 12:25pm

One never knows who might turn psychotic.

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Sat, 09-19-2009 - 2:56pm

It's just such a sad case. Especially when she was planning her wedding and all. :(


You never know what is going to set someone off. I wonder if this guy had other complaints against him, did

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Sat, 09-19-2009 - 8:19pm

I have noticed myself that workers who view the work place as their own "territory", coupled with a hostile attitude, can probably be dangerous. I used to work with a woman who viewed the small company we worked at as her "territory", the exact word I would use to describe her was territorial. And I was actually afraid she might assault me someday. Like this young man, she also appeared just a normal, every day person. I quit working there years ago, but I have since googled her name on several occasions, because I've always wondered if she finally snapped and committed a crime of some sort.

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Sat, 09-19-2009 - 10:22pm

Oh, I fully understand about you googling her.

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Mon, 09-21-2009 - 11:22am
Workplace Horror Stories: Yale and Beyond
While Still Rare, Workplace Violence Affects Workers Everywhere, From Yale to Your Local Pizza Place


By ALICE GOMSTYN

ABC NEWS Business Unit

Sept. 21, 2009


“. . . Incidents of workplace violence other than murder are quite high. In a 2005 survey of 7.1 million private businesses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that five percent -- more than 350,000 businesses -- reported workplace violence in the 12 months prior to the survey.


But Tripp noted that the definition of workplace violence used by various studies is more expansive than some might think: It can include verbal threats and bullying, as well as physical acts. Oftentimes the perpetrators of workplace violence are not the workers themselves but rather third-parties, such as robbers, customers or aggrieved spouses.


"A very small percentage of it is by co-workers," he said