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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 07:42 AM Apr 2013

NYPD Couldn't Find Mugger For 3 Weeks, Internet Commenters Catch Him in 1 Hour

http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/alyssa-figueroa/nypd-couldnt-find-mugger-3-weeks-internet-commenters-catch-him-1-hour



After the NYPD had failed to catch the man behind a brutal mugging on Mar. 9, they released a video of the crime Tuesday in hopes of gaining leads. And within minutes, they surely did.

Gawker posted the video on its site on Tuesday night at 11:49 P.M. Within an hour, a commenter by the username " secretsout" wrote: " https://www.facebook.com/Stugotz27 link to most likely suspect. take care of business guys."

The link led to the Facebook page of 21-year-old Aidan Folan, who had photos of him taken hours before the robbery. According to Gawker, the photos revealed the same sweatshirt the mugger wore in the video — with large fraternity letters on front. Commenters on the New York's Daily Intelligencer site, which also posted the video, also linked back to Folan.

Folan has since been arrested and charged with robbery and assault.
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NYPD Couldn't Find Mugger For 3 Weeks, Internet Commenters Catch Him in 1 Hour (Original Post) xchrom Apr 2013 OP
Geeks rule. Scuba Apr 2013 #1
Crowd sourcing law enforcement? nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #2
Time for a start-up... grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #11
jailr.com? nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #12
Little brother is watching too. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #3
The video of the woman being mugged is very brutal to watch Yavin4 Apr 2013 #4
So, random anonymous citizens are heroes for searching public records, but not law enforcement? baldguy Apr 2013 #5
+1 as Jim Morrison sang "People are strange" graham4anything Apr 2013 #6
this has nothing to do with monitoring social networks.. frylock Apr 2013 #9
Do you honestly think the NYPD doesn't do that already? EOTE Apr 2013 #10
NYPD far too busy randoming frisking minority youth to find actual criminals. Bloomberg orders that. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #7
+1 xchrom Apr 2013 #8

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
4. The video of the woman being mugged is very brutal to watch
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 07:55 AM
Apr 2013

Good on the folks for turning this asshole in.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
5. So, random anonymous citizens are heroes for searching public records, but not law enforcement?
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 07:58 AM
Apr 2013

If the NYPD set up a program to monitor Facebook and other social networks for evidence of crimes that have been reported, it would be derided for acting like Big Brother creating a fascist state.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
6. +1 as Jim Morrison sang "People are strange"
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 08:27 AM
Apr 2013

or to paraphrase what the Supremes once sang (LOL) "stop the life we save may be our own"

I wonder if the same like the psa that says "If you see something out of the ordinary, report it"

I know when I am on the subway, I sure like that people are watching.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
9. this has nothing to do with monitoring social networks..
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 01:36 PM
Apr 2013

did you even read the piece? this was good old fashioned detective work that the fucking NYPD failed to do. the guys nick was on the frat house sweatshirt he was wearing when this went down. the pigs are too focused on harassing black kids that they forgot how to do the basics.

EOTE

(13,409 posts)
10. Do you honestly think the NYPD doesn't do that already?
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 01:41 PM
Apr 2013

They're just oh so busy with their stop and frisks to give it the time it deserves. I have no issues with social media being used to solve crimes. Now, NYC's other authoritarian bullshit like stop and frisk, THAT is Big Brother.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
7. NYPD far too busy randoming frisking minority youth to find actual criminals. Bloomberg orders that.
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 08:36 AM
Apr 2013

Priorities of NYPD are well known.

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