Ever since its inception, Reddit has been a steaming cauldron of controversy, rife with scandals like Gamergate, Ellen Pao-gate, and the misidentification of the Boston
Bombing suspects back in 2014.
As the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings continued this week, with charges brought against former classmates of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, there was an indication that media coverage of the event — tied to the unique, crowd - sourced nature of the investigation of
the bombing suspects — might lead to some legal fallout as well.
But on the other hand, the father of one of
the bombing suspects proves to have unexpected reserves of humanity.
In a study that evaluated some of the latest in automatic facial recognition technology, researchers at Michigan State University were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon
bombing suspects from law enforcement video, an experiment that demonstrated the value of such technology.
During the last day of the hunt for one of the bombers, he was locked down in the hospital; after injuries, both
bombing suspects ended up there.
Although information is still emerging about their exact connections to the Russian regions of Chechnya and Dagestan, early reporting suggests that Boston marathon
bombing suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev may be of Chechen origin and may have grown up partially in neighboring Dagestan, The Washington Post reports.
(Reuters)- A Muslim civil liberties group said on Wednesday it wants a review of the death of a Chechen immigrant linked to the Boston Marathon
bombing suspects who was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Florida.
On Thursday night while police were hunting in Watertown, Mass. for
bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, at one point they arrested a naked man who looks a lot like Tamerlan.
The hunt for the Boston
bombing suspects was more than four days old.
On Friday morning, the coverage of
the bombing suspects took an even more «meta» turn on social news sites and throughout the media.
It's tough to estimate just how many comments were generated — and even tougher to estimate how many actually said something substantive — but it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say close to 100,000 comments were made on Reddit regarding
the bombing suspects.
A friend of the suspect, Khusn Taramiv, said his friend, 27 - year - old Ibragim Todashev, was being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew
bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were MMA fighters.
Finally, on Wednesday afternoon, the media thought it had what the whole world wanted:
A bombing suspect.
NBC News is reporting new details that link Boston
bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev to a 2011 triple homicide.
Law enforcement was also criticized after authorities opened fire on the boat containing Boston
bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who was also unarmed.
Police have identified Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, as the «black hat»
bombing suspect, killed during the manhunt that followed.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon
bomb suspects, reportedly wrote that «an attack against one Muslim is an attack against all» on the wall of the boat in which he was hiding from police last month.
After their game had been postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon because of the manhunt for the remaining Boston Marathon
bombing suspect, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins had a few special gestures.
In a fundraising appeal sent to supporters this afternoon, Ball includes links to the interview and references his «original statement» that he would support the torture of the second Boston Marathon
bombing suspect.
The New York and New Jersey
bombings suspect is in custody after a shootout with police that began when he was found sleeping in a bar doorway.
Literally as O'Neill was ceremoniously sworn - in, the NYPD's counterterrorism unit tweeted that
the bombing suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, was captured in Linden, N.J.
Ball has had a colorful career in Albany, and naturally garnered his own level of controversy including feuds with Assemblyman Steve Katz, suggesting on Twitter the Boston marathon
bombing suspect should be tortured and saying a dead goat found at his home was a warning from the gang MS - 13.
Conservative Republican State Senator Greg Ball, the same guy who made national news last year when he tweeted that Boston - marathon
bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be tortured, despite that he is an American citizen.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that Trump is wrong to suggest that the New York
bombing suspect shouldn't receive medical care.
For example, women would be less likely to support the killing of a young Hitler or torturing
a bombing suspect, even if doing so would ultimately save more lives.
Homeland, Season 6, Episode 11: Carrie and Quinn stake out the house of
the bombing suspect they've been following.
* Boston
bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wants his trial moved to New York or D.C. for an unbiased jury.
Not exact matches
The brothers are
suspected of planting
bombs at the Boston marathon in an attack that killed three people and injured more than 200 others.
The cover of the August issue features Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, otherwise known as «
Suspect No. 2» from the horrific
bombing of this year's Boston Marathon.
An international manhunt is underway to find a man
suspected to have been involved in the
bombings at Brussels Airport.
Since the
bombings, people have been speculating that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the two brothers
suspected of the Boston marathon
bombing attack that killed three people and injured about 260 others — were tied to the killings.
A US - Israeli citizen, the man is reportedly
suspected of carrying out
bomb threats and other threats across the US as well as in Europe, in Australia, and in New Zealand.
Investigators appear no closer to finding a
suspect but are learning more about the
bombs used, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
Relations between Gadhafi and the West thawed throughout the 2000s after he turned over the
suspects in the Pan Am
bombing.
The FBI released photos and video on April 18, 2013, of two men identified as
Suspect 1 and
Suspect 2 in the deadly
bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Among other things, a grand jury alleges the
suspects, along with another Illinois man, put a
bomb on railroad tracks near Effingham, Ill. in an attempt to extort money from the Canadian National Railway.
A friend of Todashev has said he had lived in Boston and knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, the older of the two brothers
suspected of planting two
bombs at the marathon on April 15, killing three people and injuring 264.
Officials are looking for Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28 year old male, for his
suspected role in the
bombings that have occurred in New York and New Jersey.
The father of the two
suspects told Channel 4 News on 21 April that the FBI had phoned Tamerlan in the days after the Boston marathon
bombings.
But the
suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, told investigators that he and his brother, Tamerlan, 26, who was killed in a shootout with the police, ultimately decided to use pressure - cooker
bombs and other homemade explosive devices, the officials said.
Investigators in Cambridge, Mass., on April 19, hours after Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a
suspect in the Boston Marathon
bombings, was killed in a police shootout.
WASHINGTON — The surviving
suspect in the Boston Marathon
bombings told F.B.I. interrogators that he and his brother considered suicide attacks and striking on the Fourth of July as they plotted their deadly assault, according to two law enforcement officials.
The prime
suspect in the 2000
bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen will face a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, US defense officials say.
There have been some major developments in the search for the
suspects in the Boston Marathon
Bombings over night.
A friend of a man
suspected of instigating several deadly
bombs in Austin, Texas has said he was a C...
A friend of a man
suspected of instigating several deadly
bombs in Austin, Texas has said he was a Christian.
The US Air Force dropped the
bomb on
suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Afghanistan last month.
(CNN)- Given initial suspicions that Friday's
bombing and mass shooting in Norway were carried out by Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda, the way police ended up describing the
suspect behind the attacks came as a big surprise even to many security experts: The alleged attacker was called a «Christian fundamentalist.»
or how about the video of the US dropping Napalm
bombs on villages in vietnam burning to death thousands of «
suspected» VC?
It is not surprising, therefore, that months after the Oklahoma City
bombing journalists still have difficulty describing
suspect Timothy MeVeigh's relationship to the Michigan Militia and to Christian Identity groups.