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Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by kinghajj » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

jedimind wrote: post #128

throwaway0a5e wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A comment telling us that this type of murder is more common in the culture where the victim comes from than the culture local to where he was murdered without passing value judgement hardly seems like flame bait to me.

"the culture where the victim comes" - The article didn't mention a single word about bangladesh, so why bring it up? By the way, even that information is totally false, he NEVER lived in bangladesh, so he doesn't even come from that culture. It clearly says that he was a New York tech entrepreneur.

His family is Bangladeshi, and his startup was founded in Bangladesh.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/15/who-was-fahim-saleh-the-tech-c...

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by filleduchaos » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

joekrill wrote: post #124

filleduchaos wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you read the news coverage it's extremely clear why they think they have video of the suspect (and it's not clairvoyance). The first few moments of the attack were captured in surveillance footage.

But this specific article makes no mention about it.

Personally I think it common sense that an out-of-state, local paper (the article is from ABC 7 Chicago) can hardly be taken as a primary source in a developing crime story - hence why I said "news coverage" and gave details.

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by throwaway0a5e » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

jedimind wrote: post #128

throwaway0a5e wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A comment telling us that this type of murder is more common in the culture where the victim comes from than the culture local to where he was murdered without passing value judgement hardly seems like flame bait to me.

"the culture where the victim comes" - The article didn't mention a single word about bangladesh, so why bring it up? By the way, even that information is totally false, he NEVER lived in bangladesh, so he doesn't even come from that culture. It clearly says that he was a New York tech entrepreneur.

>The article didn't mention a single word about bangladesh, so why bring it up?

Because if he (had) come from there it's possible someone from there was the one who killed him (or had him killed and got to choose how) hence making the dismemberment make more sense since it's an odd thing to see in a random murder.

>By the way, even that information is totally false, he NEVER lived in bangladesh, so he doesn't even come from that culture. It clearly says that he was a New York tech entrepreneur.

Ok then, my bad. The greater point still stands.

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by sacredcows » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC

His company's wikipedia page is being edited to remove any mention of his death. Quite suspicious

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by DetroitThrow » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:06 PM UTC

mywittyname wrote: post #35

opencl wrote: post #22

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Poor people get murdered all the time, a rich person getting murdered is newsworthy.

If a poor person were murdered like this, it would be newsworthy. The fact that this may be a politically charged murder makes it even more newsworthy.

>If a poor person were murdered like this, it would be newsworthy.

This is wrong, unless you insinuate "if poor people were wealthy and powerful as well" when you say "murdered like this".

It seems like make believe to think we value all life regardless of their economic worth in the news headlines that we click on. In my community alone, mundane and powerless children and adults get shot, executed, dismembered semi-regularly and yet it's more of a statistic than something interesting for most folks, citations below.

I'm not saying that wealth and power are the only thing that makes a headline clickable, but jeez can it make it seem relevant to people in a world where poor people are disproportionately exposed to violence.

https://news.sky.com/story/william-algar-man-charged-with-mu...

https://www.fox19.com/2020/07/07/coroner-identifies-woman-fo...

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-transgender-woman...

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by RubberShoes » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

Drove by the scene yesterday afternoon and there were reporters and camera crews extended into the street. A ton of commotion and now I know why.

I think this is getting more attention than it deserves because its ripe with "what ifs" that allow one's imagination to run wild. Politically motivated, absolutely brutal, and in an environment that is designed to shield one from any harm. My heart goes to his family and friends - no matter what someone has done in life they don't deserve this ending.

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by 101404 » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

mdszy wrote: post #13

jeffbee wrote: post #5

The focus on the cost of the victim’s dwelling is so weird. I hope when they find my body they don’t waste half the article projecting local housing policy onto me, as if it were my fault.

I think that directly participating in a system that prices people out of homes by purchasing a multi-million dollar unnecssarily luxurious home is absolutely blame-worthy.

How so? The other guy that wanted to buy the apartment offered 2.399m, so offering 2.4m was the lowest possible price to buy it. What's "blame worthy" about it?

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by jedimind » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

throwaway0a5e wrote: post #133

jedimind wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"the culture where the victim comes" - The article didn't mention a single word about bangladesh, so why bring it up? By the way, even that information is totally false, he NEVER lived in bangladesh, so he doesn't even come from that culture. It clearly says that he was a New York tech entrepreneur.

>The article didn't mention a single word about bangladesh, so why bring it up? Because if he (had) come from there it's possible someone from there was the one who killed him (or had him killed and got to choose how) hence making the dismemberment make more sense since it's an odd thing to see in a random murder. >By the way, even that information is totally false, he NEVER lived in bangladesh, so he doesn't even co…

No the 'greater point' does not stand, this has achieved nothing and did not contribute to anything except a toxic political blame game for ideological purposes, which violates the rules of ycombinator.

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by 131012 » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #108

adenozine wrote: post #37

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Okay, to play devil's advocate for a moment. What is there to gain financially from killing him, if his previous business was gutted by regulatory changes? The killer was evidently belonging to a highly capable skillset, and I'm extrapolating that they very nearly got away with his body in tow, and nobody would've been the wiser. Could they not have kidnapped him and ransomed the company? If there's financial qualms…

>that'd be geopolitical suicide Saudi Arabia seems to be doing fine last I checked.

That was my thought: Us foreign policy is such a mess that its territory is now open to international hitmen.

Re: Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo

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Post by daenz » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

adenozine wrote: post #37

filleduchaos wrote: post #18

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It's worth noting that there was a sudden & pretty draconian regulation passed early this year that gutted Gokada's primary business (ridesharing on motorbikes). He was very passionate in his disagreement with the government's decision. The company pivoted pretty neatly (in my opinion) to last-mile deliveries instead - the pandemic certainly helped drive demand - but currently there's morbid speculation that potentia…

Okay, to play devil's advocate for a moment. What is there to gain financially from killing him, if his previous business was gutted by regulatory changes? The killer was evidently belonging to a highly capable skillset, and I'm extrapolating that they very nearly got away with his body in tow, and nobody would've been the wiser. Could they not have kidnapped him and ransomed the company? If there's financial qualms…

I look at one possibility as he raised/borrowed money from the wrong people and then when things went pear shaped, he couldn't get them their promised profit, got chopped up to set an example.