People complain about the social media “mob” (and there are issues) but the core problem here is that even after such videos, people like her aren’t ever prosecuted. It’s clearly a false and malicious report, a crime, and it seems like she’s trying to get him “killed-by-cop.”https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1265090833138810881 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Melody Cooper
Here’s the video. How is this not a crime? She’s faking to the police that she’s in danger from a black man who’s clearly trying to avoid her. Also choking the dog! Prosecute these cases—it’s already a crime—and then let’s worry about the online reaction.https://twitter.com/melodymcooper/status/1264965252866641920 …
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1:09Melody Cooper @melodyMcooperOh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDmShow this thread11 replies 51 retweets 339 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted LeonardJamesAkaar 🧢
I think there should be prosecutions. It’s a crime, and potentially a felony. I’m not suggesting we solve these things by appealing to these people’s employers. What if they don’t care? Also need due process.https://twitter.com/epi853973422267/status/1265113166612058112 …
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LeonardJamesAkaar 🧢 @LJAkaar67Replying to @Robertwaldeck @zeynepAnd going after her job makes us all vulnerable to social media mobs for any reason, as corporations, their HR and CEOs are stupid and firing anyone for any reason is far easier than thinking. And now we've made sure she can't be hired again, we pay her food, housing, medical4 replies 16 retweets 203 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rob Waldeck
That’s not what I’m saying. The way to make progress is for these crimes to be taken seriously and prosecuted. We get stuck on the online component when the bigger question is: why is there no legal accountability despite existing laws against fake reportshttps://twitter.com/robertwaldeck/status/1265112278938107907 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
I want the people whose job it is to investigate and prosecute such acts to do their job. With due process! Anyone bothered by the online reaction should asking why such acts are never prosecuted. (Erik Garner was only selling loose cigarettes ). https://twitter.com/pinkerite1/status/1265116004419547137 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Benjamin Paisano
Yeah it is swatting-adjacsent. Needs to be taken seriously. And for people saying what about before? Fine. That’s why an investigation is good.https://twitter.com/octarinedragoon/status/1265115136286744578 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
News report says police came. For the rest? Let them investigate. The guy clearly looks like he’s trying to stay away from her. And she’s faking being in danger. But fine, let them investigate. https://twitter.com/lirrtraveller/status/1265119771764363269 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mx. nova
Also I mispelled adjacent! But yeah.https://twitter.com/0xngigi/status/1265119741716205568 …
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Let's say everything is exactly as it appears and as it's been reported today, and that what she did meets the elements of a crime in NY, what do you think her punishment should be?
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What’s on the books? That’s the process. Not a personal decision.
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From your tweets, I thought you would have a sense of an appropriate punishment – if you heard that's what was meted out, you'd say, "Sounds right." What she did was wrong & she should be punished. OTOH, relative to other crimes in NYC, I don't know that this would register.
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Ira Goldman 🦆 🦆 🦆 Retweeted GymTanDefend
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GymTanDefend @GymTanDefendNew York Division of Criminal Justice Services has published its data for 2019:
54% of all arrests in New York City were eventually dismissed by DAs
60% of all misdemeanor arrests in New York City were dismissed
44% of all felony arrests in New York City were dismissedShow this thread0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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