Explosion at Boston Marathon

[LeoMc]

Looks like the 2 suspects names were picked up from police scanner, One of them dead according to reports :

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40mikemulugeta&src=typd

The other still missing..

It turns out that his family had been searching for one of them since March 16th :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c1Ecru5RLdk

https://twitter.com/findingsunny

http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=help+us+find+sunil+tripathi&d=4800958371725771&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=nld1_cZ9TIaHOQiAMeSeWxqLMiqIiDje

Suspects are supposedly Russian / Chechyn. Sunil is a missing (East) Indian and now he is being set up for a bit of mob justice.

How so Leo?

In the current heightened state of alert with the amount of crowd sourcing going on I would have thought that naming a couple of innocent people as the bombers was tantamount to sending out a lynch mob.

According to the Police press conference which just ended:

The suspect at large, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is 19, was born in Kyrgyzstan and has a Massachusetts driver's license, officials told NBC News. The dead suspect was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, born in Russia, NBC added.
The two brothers are thought to be ethnic Chechens, but are not said to have lived in the area in recent years.
Information is beginning to emerge about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the remaining suspect in the Boston marathon bombings. He and his brother are said to be from an area of Russia close to war-torn Chechnya - but have lived in the US for at least a year.

However earlier reports are naming 2 different people :

http://americanlivewire.com/mike-mulugeta-sunil-tripathi/

Sunil Tripathi is the kid in the white hat at the marathon. He is the suspect supposedly still on the run. Sunil Tripathi was the Brown University student who went missing around March 15. Family and police had feared that it was a suicide case.

Mike Mulugeta had posted on his Twitter account (@mikemulugeta) about people not understanding someone in pain, and that he could hide it better than others. He also appeared to be blindsided by an exam on March 23. Perhaps he had been spending too much time plotting bombings and not studying for school.

By outing him and Mike Mulugeta as the bombers they would have been a target for a lynch mob until the actual bombers are found.

[NAG1]

Looks like the 2 suspects names were picked up from police scanner, One of them dead according to reports :

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40mikemulugeta&src=typd

The other still missing..

It turns out that his family had been searching for one of them since March 16th :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c1Ecru5RLdk

https://twitter.com/findingsunny

http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=help+us+find+sunil+tripathi&d=4800958371725771&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=nld1_cZ9TIaHOQiAMeSeWxqLMiqIiDje

Suspects are supposedly Russian / Chechyn. Sunil is a missing (East) Indian and now he is being set up for a bit of mob justice.

How so Leo?

In the current heightened state of alert with the amount of crowd sourcing going on I would have thought that naming a couple of innocent people as the bombers was tantamount to sending out a lynch mob.

According to the Police press conference which just ended:

The suspect at large, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is 19, was born in Kyrgyzstan and has a Massachusetts driver's license, officials told NBC News. The dead suspect was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, born in Russia, NBC added.
The two brothers are thought to be ethnic Chechens, but are not said to have lived in the area in recent years.
Information is beginning to emerge about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the remaining suspect in the Boston marathon bombings. He and his brother are said to be from an area of Russia close to war-torn Chechnya - but have lived in the US for at least a year.

However earlier reports are naming 2 different people :

http://americanlivewire.com/mike-mulugeta-sunil-tripathi/

Sunil Tripathi is the kid in the white hat at the marathon. He is the suspect supposedly still on the run. Sunil Tripathi was the Brown University student who went missing around March 15. Family and police had feared that it was a suicide case.

Mike Mulugeta had posted on his Twitter account (@mikemulugeta) about people not understanding someone in pain, and that he could hide it better than others. He also appeared to be blindsided by an exam on March 23. Perhaps he had been spending too much time plotting bombings and not studying for school.

By outing him and Mike Mulugeta as the bombers they would have been a target for a lynch mob until the actual bombers are found.

Id say the authorities took a judgement call they obviously had no record of the suspects when they couldnt recognise them from their video footage and had to go public to get correct identifications.

[LeoMc]

Looks like the 2 suspects names were picked up from police scanner, One of them dead according to reports :

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40mikemulugeta&src=typd

The other still missing..

It turns out that his family had been searching for one of them since March 16th :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c1Ecru5RLdk

https://twitter.com/findingsunny

http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=help+us+find+sunil+tripathi&d=4800958371725771&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=nld1_cZ9TIaHOQiAMeSeWxqLMiqIiDje

Suspects are supposedly Russian / Chechyn. Sunil is a missing (East) Indian and now he is being set up for a bit of mob justice.

How so Leo?

In the current heightened state of alert with the amount of crowd sourcing going on I would have thought that naming a couple of innocent people as the bombers was tantamount to sending out a lynch mob.

According to the Police press conference which just ended:

The suspect at large, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is 19, was born in Kyrgyzstan and has a Massachusetts driver's license, officials told NBC News. The dead suspect was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, born in Russia, NBC added.
The two brothers are thought to be ethnic Chechens, but are not said to have lived in the area in recent years.
Information is beginning to emerge about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the remaining suspect in the Boston marathon bombings. He and his brother are said to be from an area of Russia close to war-torn Chechnya - but have lived in the US for at least a year.

However earlier reports are naming 2 different people :

http://americanlivewire.com/mike-mulugeta-sunil-tripathi/

Sunil Tripathi is the kid in the white hat at the marathon. He is the suspect supposedly still on the run. Sunil Tripathi was the Brown University student who went missing around March 15. Family and police had feared that it was a suicide case.

Mike Mulugeta had posted on his Twitter account (@mikemulugeta) about people not understanding someone in pain, and that he could hide it better than others. He also appeared to be blindsided by an exam on March 23. Perhaps he had been spending too much time plotting bombings and not studying for school.

By outing him and Mike Mulugeta as the bombers they would have been a target for a lynch mob until the actual bombers are found.

Id say the authorities took a judgement call they obviously had no record of the suspects when they couldnt recognise them from their video footage and had to go public to get correct identifications.

I have no problem with their asking for public help. My issue is with the people publicly naming those they suspect on public forums rather than reporting their suspicions to the appropriate authorities

[johnneycool]

And the first two names bandied about have turned out to be incorrect!!

[NAG1]

And the first two names bandied about have turned out to be incorrect!!

But were the named publicly by the authorities or was that on Twittershpere?

I think the authorities have still yet to name the suspect and that it is Reuters that have named the two boys as brother, no?

[trileacman]

And the first two names bandied about have turned out to be incorrect!!

But were the named publicly by the authorities or was that on Twittershpere?

I think the authorities have still yet to name the suspect and that it is Reuters that have named the two boys as brother, no?

Named by the twittersphere going ape-shit.

To be honest I hate this new form of communication. There was alot to be said for the days when we waited for the proper authorities to collate the evidence and release proper information at the appropriate time.

Listening to police scanners and identifying innocent people as murderers and terrorists on a raft of hunches and farcical notions is madness. The people and websites involved should be ashamed. I hope some of them get the lawsuit that their reckless actions deserve.

Are we really that desperate to be ahead of the curve that we have to resort to this?

[seafoid]

And the first two names bandied about have turned out to be incorrect!!

But were the named publicly by the authorities or was that on Twittershpere?

I think the authorities have still yet to name the suspect and that it is Reuters that have named the two boys as brother, no?

Named by the twittersphere going ape-shit.

To be honest I hate this new form of communication. There was alot to be said for the days when we waited for the proper authorities to collate the evidence and release proper information at the appropriate time.

Listening to police scanners and identifying innocent people as murderers and terrorists on a raft of hunches and farcical notions is madness. The people and websites involved should be ashamed. I hope some of them get the lawsuit that their reckless actions deserve.

Are we really that desperate to be ahead of the curve that we have to resort to this?

Well said. Naming someone who has probably already committed suicide as a suspect is despicable. It's no better than the NoTW hacking into Millie dowler's phone after she was already dead.

[BennyCake]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

[LeoMc]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

[BennyCake]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

Which bit don't you understand?

[LeoMc]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

Which bit don't you understand?

The bit about Jack Ruby.

[dec]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

Which bit don't you understand?

The bit about Jack Ruby.

The internet is your friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby

[NAG1]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

Which bit don't you understand?

The bit about Jack Ruby.

[LeoMc]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

Which bit don't you understand?

The bit about Jack Ruby.

The internet is your friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby

Why he would be "needed this time"

[NAG1]

So, one of the main suspects is dead. How convenient. Jack Ruby wasn't even needed this time.

I don't understand?

Which bit don't you understand?

The bit about Jack Ruby.

The internet is your friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby

Why he would be "needed this time"

I think the original point was that he wasnt or that he wouldnt have been  At least with suspect one!