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Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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simplotek wrote: post #507
jzellis wrote: post #187

When I moved to SF in 1996, the murder count that year was 86. Last year it was 56. I haven't been back in a very long time, but I guarantee you it's a far safer city than it was back then. I lived on Market between 6th and 7th and had knives pulled on me, and watched a car get blown up across the street underneath Hollywood Billiards, which is long gone now - according to Google Maps, they're building new apartments…

> Y'all colonized the poorest parts of the city and gave the poorest folks nowhere to go, and you still complain when they dare to pop up where you are. What leads you to conflate poverty with criminal activity, and proceed to victim-blame those who dare complain about criminal activity?

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Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by PaulWaldman »

chaps wrote: post #318
PaulWaldman wrote: post #138

It sounds like this information wasn't released publicly by the local authorities. The article has a link to a LinkedIn profile. The writer indicates that the name and city of the LI profile matches the information on the person they were "told" was arrested this morning. Even the name of the company of the person indicated is explicitly referenced in the article. My professional world doesn't allow for ambiguity. As…

You'd be surprised what information is released to the public. I'd be willing to bet that the reporter has access to dispatch logs from over-the-air radio [1] and cross-references that with incident reports at [2] and then does a lookup on [3]. Entirely speculation, but it's not implausible. [1] https://somafm.com/scanner/ [2] https://data.sfgov.org/Public-Safety/Police-Department-Incid... [3] https://www.sfsheriff.c…

Absolutely, there are many data sources available so piece some of this together.

What I find interesting is indicating a LinkedIn profile, unless of course this reporter has access to investigation documents that also identify the LinkedIn profile.

It could very well be a different person with the same name in the same town. Why take the risk? Just so you can have the juicy headline "alleged killer also worked in tech."

Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by magicalist »

gnicholas wrote: post #482
JieJie wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is great writing, "the abrupt closure of the mid-market Whole Foods, leaving San Franciscans just eight other Whole Foods within city limits". What a scoop, brilliantly delivered.

Sure, it's a cute jab, but 8 WFs in an entire city is not that many. Even if you have a car, there are large swaths of the city (Richmond, Sunset), where a WF is a bit of a slog during regular traffic (and worse during rush hour). And of course, many city dwellers don't have cars, so having to lug groceries up SF's famously hilly streets is not great for more than a fraction of a mile or so.

People in the Richmond and Sunset have closer Whole Foods than the one that closed.

Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

nicenewtemp84 wrote: post #517
curiousbean wrote: post #489

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Being out at 230am, when you're a husband and father, do imply you've succumb a bit to the nature of the city IMO.

> being out at 230am, when you're a husband and father

Being out late shouldn’t be, and isn’t for most people, a life-and-death decision.

Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by ipaddr »

BurningFrog wrote: post #515
magicalist wrote: post #503

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> Your statement could just as easily be, on a different day: "Y'all abandoned the city for the suburbs and deprived the city of a tax base to help the poor." That's a different situation from this one, so, sure, if that's something that happened and then you're complaining about the place you don't live anymore, sure, that's also a statement that could be made. > Between "white flight" and "colonizer/gentrifier", yo…

> > Between "white flight" and "colonizer/gentrifier", you're damned if you do and damned if you don't > Not surprisingly, those aren't the only two options. "white flight" == moving out of the area "colonizer/gentrifier" == moving in to the area The only remaining option is to never move.

The other option is to accept you have been deemed evil by mainstream media and ignore them and judge people who listen to them the problem

Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by nullc »

olalonde wrote: post #438
nullc wrote: post #393

One of the first things I said when I heard about this was: "Gee, there certainly has been an unexpected number of stabbings around mobilecoin. I wonder if this has something to do with the billion dollars stolen from FTX by someone seemingly connected with mobilecoin." -- but at a glance I'm not seeing a connection with the person they arrested. Interesting. I had family ask me about it, concerned for my welfare, an…

Which other stabbings are you referring to?

Ah, apparently it was a strangulation rather than a stabbing! I'll refrain from repeating the accused's name here because I see now that the charges were dropped -- but it was on HN before and left an impression on me: maybe I'm old fashioned but I usually expect the number of assaults, attempted murders, or murders connected with a project team to be zero.

Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by olalonde »

narrator wrote: post #403
ggambetta wrote: post #308

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Out of curiosity, how does one avoid getting knifed by a junkie in the alleyway?

I once was walking in downtown with a lady I was dating and a guy who looked homeless and was obviously very high snuck up on me and wrapped his arm around mine and started talking to me. I did not get scared, I just talked to him like he was my best friend. He said, your girlfriend is really pretty, and I said, "Yes, she is is!" and I asked whether he was having a nice day and wasn't the weather great and made small…

Your approach may have been more cautious but out of principle, I probably would have asked him to release his grip, followed by shoving him away if necessary. Normalizing those kinds of intimidation tactics is not in the interest of anyone. If more individuals were to stand up for themselves, it's likely that the person in question would reconsider employing such tactics.

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Post by taeric »

JPKab wrote: post #460
jzellis wrote: post #187

When I moved to SF in 1996, the murder count that year was 86. Last year it was 56. I haven't been back in a very long time, but I guarantee you it's a far safer city than it was back then. I lived on Market between 6th and 7th and had knives pulled on me, and watched a car get blown up across the street underneath Hollywood Billiards, which is long gone now - according to Google Maps, they're building new apartments…

"Y'all colonized the poorest parts of the city and gave the poorest folks nowhere to go" 1.) I grew up in the rural South, and was literally harassed for most of my career for saying "y'all" and "folks" but glad to see it's trendy to speak that way amongst the exact kind of people who used to assume I was ignorant for speaking that way. 2.) Your statement could just as easily be, on a different day: "Y'all abandoned…

I also grew up in the south. Interestingly, I always got more harassment for that sort of phrasing from other southerners. Most folks just don't give a shit, oddly. And those that do are often holding themselves back by trying to hold down others.

Sadly, I think there is enough evidence that the game plan is to build classes of people that are constantly holding each other down. That is literally the point. :(

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

Aeroi wrote: post #452

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> were both gay men

Bob wasn’t gay. (EDIT: Never mind!) A man can have hooked up with guys and not be gay as much as a gay man can have hooked up with women and not be straight or bi.

More importantly, we don’t have any evidence they were lovers.

Re: Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

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Post by [deleted] »

trollerator23 wrote: post #518
simplotek wrote: post #507

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Y'all colonized the poorest parts of the city and gave the poorest folks nowhere to go, and you still complain when they dare to pop up where you are. What leads you to conflate poverty with criminal activity, and proceed to victim-blame those who dare complain about criminal activity?

Oh please. I'm sure they are totally unrelated.

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