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Ask HN: Why aren't we talking about Alton Sterling or Philando Castile?
I'm seeing posts about the bomb-disposal robot and lots of interesting little stories that I'd love to read some other day but this is the one news site I know of that doesn't mention Alton Sterling or Philando Castile. Why is that?
- minimaxir 10y agoVia the Guidelines: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.
- cmontella 10y agoI would consider using a robot bomb to kill a suspect an "interesting" (for scary values of interesting) new phenomenon: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dallas-pd-using-a-bomb-robot-to-kill-a-suspect-is-an-unprecedented-shift-in-policing http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dallas-pd-using-a-bomb-robo...
- greenyoda 10y agoAnd that aspect of the story is indeed being discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12055492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12055492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12057421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12057421
- jacquesm 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12054230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12054230 And many other submissions besides.
- Red_Tarsius 10y agoBecause the topic doesn't belong in a news aggregator about technology, science and business. My heart is near the victims and you can show them respect in other meaningful ways.
- ChuckMcM 10y agoPretty much this. There are so many places to talk about these things. It doesn't mean that people here don't consider the topic important, I've seen discussions on twitter, facebook, reddit, and elsewhere that explore many of the same points that the news media is exploring.
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- indeedwhynot 10y agoWell, our beloved hero and martyr Micah Xavier "Cop slayer" Johnson did such a great job knocking out the enemy positions targeted, killing an impressive number of satanic whores, that I completely forgot about Sterling and Castile, but yes, you are right. My condolences.
- IanDrake 10y agoIf I was Mr. Castile, the last thing I would want is to have my good name [0] banded about in pairs with Mr. Sterling who was an armed felon and sex offender with a history of resisting arrest [1]. [0]http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/philando-castile-criminal-record-arrest-record-police-racial-profiling-criminal-history-rap-sheet-felon-crime-falcon-heights-minnesota-police-shooting-facebook-live-video-watch-lavish-reynolds-diamond/ http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/philando-castile-criminal-reco... [1]http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/alton-sterling-arrest-record-criminal-history-rap-sheet-sex-offender-sex-offense-crime-baton-rouge-louisiana-police-shooting-blane-salamoni-howie-lake-shot-charges-video-youtube-facebook-watch/ http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/alton-sterling-arrest-record-c...