What happens when you give 4chan images of the Boston Marathon?

[Cebu_4_2]

While you idiots are arguing about the weight of backpacks, the rights grabbers are probably working up a bill to flush our 4th amendment down the toilet.

"All backpacks can be searched at any time." We know the last false flag was to grab the 2nd amendment. Now, go for the 4th too. Search and seizure law is going to be under attack now. Mark my words.

No shit! We all know this but someone keeps repeating futile bullshit to derail the thread so that you can't follow what the fuck is going on. Reminds me of why I stopped occasionally reading GLP.

[brosil]

Fellow Board Members;
I feel you may be missing something important here. The 4chan site may have just invented Open Source Investigation. A group of individuals pooling their photos, videos and information on a crime scene may become a powerful tool, although whether it is used for good or evil will have to be determined. The individuals identified on the site may have had nothing to do with the bombing but wouldn't it be good for the authorities to talk to them? " Say Bud, it seems you had a backpack in this photo but not in this one. Mind if we compare your DNA with the skin cells we took off the pack strap?"

[Golden]

Fellow Board Members;
I feel you may be missing something important here. The 4chan site may have just invented Open Source Investigation. A group of individuals pooling their photos, videos and information on a crime scene may become a powerful tool, although whether it is used for good or evil will have to be determined. The individuals identified on the site may have had nothing to do with the bombing but wouldn't it be good for the authorities to talk to them? " Say Bud, it seems you had a backpack in this photo but not in this one. Mind if we compare your DNA with the skin cells we took off the pack strap?"

I hear ya brosil, this is a positive.

[joboo]

But DAD, the guy is a cunt. LMAO.

I think the problem is some don't like anyone questioning what they already have their minds made up on. I for sure have a problem with authority, and cmon admit it, so do you.

Banning someone is akin to "murdering" them virtually, to silence them forever for causing "uncomfortable thoughts". I see it all the time on the internet. One viewpoint hates when it's done to them and vilifies the other, but then turns around wants to do the exact same thing in return when the time comes. This is why I don't try to pick sides when trying to get to the bottom of something as it all turns into a giant ocean of hypocrisy.

This is the only thread I've posted in actively in a while. I haven't started any threads, or even touched the other thread on this.

Not everything in life is a conspiracy, and to live in that head space sucks, and it makes life suck. I get there when I'm left with no other conclusion, and the facts have exhausted themselves one way or the other.

[vacuum]

I hear ya brosil, this is a positive.

Absolutely. The main issue is that the general public automatically sends all their pictures to the fbi, and they are not uploaded to some place where the internet has access to them. The lack of evidence is an issue not because the evidence doesn't exist, but because it's not publicly available.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimal...age_repost_it/

[vacuum]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...er-case/64312/


Reddit and 4Chan Are on the Boston Bomber Case

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Alexander Abad-Santos 10:38 AM ET
The Boston Marathon bombing investigation, now in its third day, is not just the largest crime scene in the city's history — it's the most crowdsourced terror investigation in American history. With the FBI, the ATF, and Boston law enforcement soliciting videos, cellphone pictures, and anything that could lead to the capture of whoever set off those pressure cooker bombs, the plea has more or less turned the interested and the Internet into amateur investigators armed with what we know the remains of the bag and the bomb look like. On Reddit, where they can now apparently track murder by way of Google Maps and where some of the most detailed information on the Boston case has surfaced publicly, the FBI's plea for info has spurred the "Find Boston Bombers" subreddit, with all kinds of analysis. But here's the find they're most excited about: They've found a photo of a man with a backpack that has straps which resemble what federal officials believe is the detonated backpack. (Update: Authorities appeared to have a suspect — follow here.)
We have obscured the man's face because, well, the only suggestion of a connection to the bombings comes from people on Reddit who have been looking at photographs:

And one more angle, showing extreme close up of the straps.

Again, we can only vouch for the image of the detonated bag, which the FBI says contained one of the pressure cooker bombs. There are no details on where the image of the man in the blue jacket came from, or at what time it was taken during the marathon, or the location— the only reference we have is that it trickled down from social media and Flickr, and down to sites like 4chan and Reddit. Redditors, to their credit, haven't been shy in voicing the skepticism and concern with pinning this terror attack on an innocent man:

The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal has a compelling point about how this Internet vigilantism movement is troubling, and could end up in people being unfairly singled out. And yes, there's a deep, and problematic potential of that happening. The blue sweater picture isn't the only other photo popping up however, like this one who one poster believes could be smuggling a pressure cooker bomb because of the shape of his backpack:

Internet sleuths believe this a photo of that same man without his backpack (we can't tell one way or another):

And this, one, which we sorta have no idea why things are being circled:

Reading through the amateur forensics feels like an intense and puzzling game of Where's Waldo. But it's a byproduct of what you get when the FBI asks the public for help. Jittery nerves lead to things like the New Yorkers who reported 77 suspicious packages in the wake of the Boston bombings, and multiple incorrect Chris Dorner sightings in February. And the blue robe man, along with the pressure cooker backpack man, are all tips—tips that part of the thousands the FBI receives. As The Washington Post reported:

[Richard] DesLauriers said cooperation from the community will play a key role in the investigation. He said the range of suspects remained wide open, but by midday Tuesday more than 2,000 tips had been received.

(Click here for the latest updates on Day Three, and click here for complete coverage of Boston.)
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[StreetsOfGold]

Not everything in life is a conspiracy

Ahhhh yes, the MANTRA of an internet shill. Knew it would show up here.

[sirgonzo420]

I think the problem is some don't like anyone questioning what they already have their minds made up on. I for sure have a problem with authority, and cmon admit it, so do you.

Banning someone is akin to "murdering" them virtually, to silence them forever for causing "uncomfortable thoughts". I see it all the time on the internet. One viewpoint hates when it's done to them and vilifies the other, but then turns around wants to do the exact same thing in return when the time comes. This is why I don't try to pick sides when trying to get to the bottom of something as it all turns into a giant ocean of hypocrisy.

This is the only thread I've posted in actively in a while. I haven't started any threads, or even touched the other thread on this.

Not everything in life is a conspiracy, and to live in that head space sucks, and it makes life suck. I get there when I'm left with no other conclusion, and the facts have exhausted themselves one way or the other.

Not everything in life is a conspiracy, but a lot of things are, and this event is most likely a "conspiracy" too, unless it was just one guy all by himself.

Perhaps you're misusing the word "conspiracy"?

conspiracy (kən-spîrˈə-sē) n. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
n. A group of conspirators.
n. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.

[joboo]

Some anonymous pics of people wearing backpacks, and automatically there's bombs in them? Excuse me, what's the source again?

...and anyone that doesn't automatically believe it should be banned, and is a jew shill.

Good grief. Fuckt up beyond belief when it gets to that point.

Sorry, but holy shit that's just sad.

[ximmy]

Internet sleuths believe this a photo of that same man without his backpack (we can't tell one way or another):

the choice words of joboo...