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Re: Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say

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Post by websiteapi »

bagels wrote: post #34
websiteapi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

all of that and they basically just got lucky. the guy walked to brown from his car parked nearby and shot up some kids, waited days, went to a guy's house in Massachusetts, killed him and never even got caught - he committed suicide and was only found days after his second killing if anything this whole saga makes me happy smart people aren't killers more often because this guy basically got away...

But they found him? If he was alive, he probably would have been caught eventually, no?

I mean I guess all criminals die or are caught, yes.

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Post by fwip »

paulgb wrote: post #25
__loam wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I'm mostly surprised that someone can so consistently and repeatedly demonstrate an inability to filter information he receives and still be trusted with LPs' money. It's another form of Gell-Mann amnesia.

Rich guys are mainly incompetent. They'll tell you they're rich because of meritocracy, but I've found that too much money has the opposite effect. You end up surrounded by yes-men and can buy your way out of any failure, so your skills (if you ever had em) atrophy.

Re: Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say

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Post by websiteapi »

Computer0 wrote: post #24
vablings wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How can you not read this and just see it's a huge puff piece for Flock. As far as I can read from the first article and reports they were not pivotal in tracking down the killer. It was once again only someone else who knew that person and came forward, exactly the same as Tyler Robison case "Phil Helsel Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said a person who had information about the suspect played a crucial…

The commentor you are replying to is likely in support of Flock.

lol why do you say that?

Re: Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say

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Post by nervousvarun »

websiteapi wrote: post #37
nervousvarun wrote: post #31

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I keep seeing this sort of sentiment everywhere and I'm trying to understand it. The same thing happened after Charlie Kirk was killed and the arrest there hinged on a confession by the killer to his dad. A lot of commentary then that the police/FBI got lucky. Ditto Mangione. They got lucky he was found in a random McDonalds. What exactly is the expectation here? Is there some sort of wide-spread belief that the worl…

I disagree that his catching was inevitable. They only knew an identity yesterday. If the suspect wasn’t a coward it’s plausible they could’ve just driven away to literally any other part of the United States and then flew back to Portugal. I have no comment on the Kirk case. As for the expectation, other than if civil liberties are going to be violated in the name of safety I expect much faster results, and I’m sure…

How could they possibly have solved it faster than this? There's no magic to this and it takes time like anything else. Yes there's digital footage but someone has to go through it. The murder in Massachusetts isn't immediately obviously related.

Of course the family wants it solved right away but there's a reality to this that seems to be overlooked here but is also not unique here. A lot of murders are never solved. Luck is a factor all the time.

Re: Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say

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Post by fwip »

Aliabid94 wrote: post #14

Worth noting that a partner at Sequoia (Shaun Maguire) publicly accused the wrong guy of being the shooter. https://www.fastcompany.com/91463942/sequoia-shaun-maguire-b...

> Maguire subsequently partially apologized for those comments in a video. “This tweet did not land the way I thought it would,”

What an asshole. He could have gotten the kid killed, not to mention the damage to his social reputation. And he can't even manage a "sorry if you were offended" non-apology.

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Post by astura »

10xDev wrote: post #23
noname123 wrote: post #17

I work on campus (very very close to the engineering building) and I previously lived near Brookline. So all of this hits home. But what got me was the tipster who blew wide open the case is reportedly a homeless Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building (a la South Korean film Parasite). It made me so sad but also not surprised, that building does have a single occupancy bathroom with show…

But resentment over what? I haven't seen anything on this.

This whole post is filled with a ridiculous amount of unfounded assumptions.

Re: Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say

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Post by websiteapi »

nervousvarun wrote: post #44
websiteapi wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree that his catching was inevitable. They only knew an identity yesterday. If the suspect wasn’t a coward it’s plausible they could’ve just driven away to literally any other part of the United States and then flew back to Portugal. I have no comment on the Kirk case. As for the expectation, other than if civil liberties are going to be violated in the name of safety I expect much faster results, and I’m sure…

How could they possibly have solved it faster than this? There's no magic to this and it takes time like anything else. Yes there's digital footage but someone has to go through it. The murder in Massachusetts isn't immediately obviously related. Of course the family wants it solved right away but there's a reality to this that seems to be overlooked here but is also not unique here. A lot of murders are never solved…

I am not saying luck isn't a factor - you're missing my point which is we're compromising privacy and going further into a surveillance state, yet it's not like the actual outcomes are improving.

I'm not really sure what you think I'm arguing.

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Post by dylan604 »

lisbbb wrote: post #29
noname123 wrote: post #17

I work on campus (very very close to the engineering building) and I previously lived near Brookline. So all of this hits home. But what got me was the tipster who blew wide open the case is reportedly a homeless Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building (a la South Korean film Parasite). It made me so sad but also not surprised, that building does have a single occupancy bathroom with show…

Lazlo Hollyfield. Life imitates art.

We'll have to wait to see how the Brown student's life turns out after. We'll see if he drives a way in an RV. Doubtful he'll be living in the basement after this though

Re: Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say

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Post by shagie »

sometimez wrote: post #30
noname123 wrote: post #17

I work on campus (very very close to the engineering building) and I previously lived near Brookline. So all of this hits home. But what got me was the tipster who blew wide open the case is reportedly a homeless Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building (a la South Korean film Parasite). It made me so sad but also not surprised, that building does have a single occupancy bathroom with show…

"...the tipster who blew wide open the case is reportedly a homeless Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building..." Where did you read this?

https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-reddit-post-blew-brown-univ...

> How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open

> Frustration had mounted that the murderer had managed to get away and that a clear image of his face hadn't emerged - until a Reddit post finally put police on his trail.

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