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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYPD 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-hourAfter 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.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)Yavin4
(35,357 posts)Good on the folks for turning this asshole in.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)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)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)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)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)Priorities of NYPD are well known.