Shava Nerad: > I was fascinated today to see Mother Jones and many others reposting, > entirely without reflection or comment, what seemed to me to be not > "crowdsourced" images but second story surveillance camera shots of the FBI > suspects. (Who, in addition, are being howled after as guilty until proven > innocent in this digital manhunt - and thank God the NYPost "exonerated" > their suspects before that turned into something ugly...) > > Well, yes, the FBI is doing their job with the tools available, and as I > live in metro Boston I would most healthily STFU... But if this incident > had happened in London, I can't help but think MJ et al might have engaged > a moment of reflection and spine in the middle of that process, perhaps?
I find it telling that the local news papers in Seattle referred to their photos as 'potential suspects' on the front page. The use of language is telling - it suggests that to be suspect is to be guilty. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw people using the word potential as a subtle replacement for suspect in the near future again and again. I also find it striking that it looks like de facto martial law has been imposed on parts of Boston: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/gallery/boston-area-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Who are all the players in this by the way? The SWAT team in those photos looks like a full blown military unit; the vehicles look like APC/mini-tanks. The bomb robots look like iRobot produced machines. I haven't seen any of the radio equipment up close but I'd bet that they're pulling out all the stops. I wonder if they'll publish the raw logs from the Boston ShotSpotter system? I know they have it deployed but I'm not sure if it extended to MIT's campus. All the best, Jacob -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
