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Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by _heimdall » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 4:50 AM UTC

whaleofatw2022 wrote: post #348

qzw wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly my thoughts as well. Every piece of evidence law enforcement has was basically intentionally provided by him. If he just stuffed his trash in one of his 7 pockets, or wore a pair of sunglasses, or didn't actually stare straight at the camera in the taxi like he was getting his school picture taken? I mean pretty much the only thing he failed to do was leave his business card at the crime scene.

It would be interesting to see if he's banking on jury nullification being within the Overton window...

Most people don't even know what jury nullification is, and even fewer realize it is in fact legal. I'd be surprised if he was banking on that.

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by Hilift » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 4:52 AM UTC

Bjorkbat wrote: post #66

I'm weirdly not too surprised due to this belief I have that software developers would make effective criminals. A lot of this boils down to a belief I have that not getting caught in the first place is easy. Murders have something like a 50% solve rate and you can decrease your chances of getting caught with a little knowledge on how to evade common forensic techniques along with some planning. Those who get caught…

Location seems to be a factor. NYC has better statistics. Overall it is 54% since 2020. Washington DC had 1,088 murders, 559 clearances (51%) from 2020-2023. Baltimore is 1,042 and 315 (30%). NYC is notably better: 1,740 and 1,190, (68%). https://www.murderdata.org/p/blog-page.html

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by tpdly » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 4:52 AM UTC

iambateman wrote: post #382

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This is a frustratingly incomplete analysis of the moral circumstances. It can be true that one finds this person (and the victim) sympathetic, and wants rule of law to be upheld.

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by fhub » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 4:53 AM UTC

Keeping a lot of the incriminating evidence on him (including, it seems, the jacket) can't be a careless mistake (in my opinion). So what are some of the possible reasons?

- He committed the crime and had another target in mind

- He committed the crime and really didn't think he'd get away with it so he kept it to keep some unknown options open.

- He committed the crime and didn't want any doubt that he was guilty when he got caught. Perhaps he wanted the media to be focussed more on the "why" than "is it him?" speculation.

How about some of the possible reasons he was at a McDonalds instead of many other ways to get food that wouldn't have security cameras

- He was ready to be caught as the media cycle was moving on and he perceived momentum of empathy for him right now

- He was ready to be caught because being on the run was too hard and not inline with his goals

- He wasn't thinking clearly and didn't really have much of a post-shooting plan outside of getting out of NYC

- He felt safe in that town

- He overestimated his support

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by juunpp » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:02 AM UTC

Macha wrote: post #184

Side note: I guess the original typo was the AP or someone, but I assume Fixarixis is supposed to be Firaxis, given the suspect's connections to Maryland and the fact that all search results for Fixarixis are copies of this story. It's interesting how that spreads.

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Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:03 AM UTC

sfryxell wrote: post #287

Maaaan, The NYPD will take credit for oxygen. Right now their talking like they solved it. a "combination of old-school detective work and new age technology" it was an employee at McDonalds. McDonalds solved this crime. Like god intended.

That seems quite unfair. The NYPD was the one that located multiple pictures of the suspect, and I'm assuming did a good bit of detective work to ensure the pictures they released actually were of the suspect in question. Of course at some point after releasing photos of the suspect one would anticipate that someone who recognized them would turn them in.

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Post by bdangubic » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:03 AM UTC

tpdly wrote: post #433

iambateman wrote: post #382

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This is a frustratingly incomplete analysis of the moral circumstances. It can be true that one finds this person (and the victim) sympathetic, and wants rule of law to be upheld.

in a court of law I would say this (while it 100% should be) is seldom the case. every lawyer will tell you that their number one priority is to make jury sympathetic of the defendant. the number two priority is to find find someone else they can blame the crime on which is also very clear in this case who(what) that might be

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by juunpp » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:05 AM UTC

lopkeny12ko wrote: post #366

Regarding the title, "Software developer arrested in connection with murder of healthcare executive," what is the significance of him being a software developer and why is that relevant to the assassination? "Software developer" is not even mentioned once in the article. Is this BBC article the wrong link? Am I missing something?

The significance is that this has been posted on HN if you hadn't noticed.

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by rockorager » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:05 AM UTC

archagon wrote: post #311

Back in June, an innocent Latino student was shot in Dolores Park around 10pm. (Dolores being one of the most popular parks in SF, with people walking their dogs and playing tennis late into the night.) His family put up fliers all over the neighborhood begging for any leads. I've barely heard a peep from the media or authorities about the murder since it happened. In contrast, how many man-hours went into investigat…

I understand the fear of living near such a heinous crime, but you have to see the difference between the two situations. Random crime is scary, but is random. All signs point to this being an assassination. Brian Thompson wasn't the victim of a random criminal, nor was he murdered by some person he has a connection with. He was assassinated. So the right question is why do we investigate assassinations differently than murders? And to me, the answer is clear - an assassination has far larger societal implications than a murder.

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by xeonmc » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 5:05 AM UTC

crawfordcomeaux wrote: post #33

With programmers, hackers, computer scientists, systems designers/engineers carrying some of the most privileged skillsets needed for designing and implementing replacements to systems of oppression (and disruptions to said systems), I've been wondering where the ones working to do this can be found. I learned in Computer Ethics 101 about how the history of the development of radiological machines led to the realizat…

Not as a direct response to the call to action, but this comment reminded me of the entire plot of the 2014 videogame Watch Dogs[0]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs_(video_game)