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Even if they do have evidence of a crime, journalists are usually loathe to reveal sources.

by jakebasile 10y ago

Natsu 10y ago
You'd think someone here would go to the cops, no?
- mrep 10y ago
  Can you describe in which persons case you would go to the cops and what you would try and get the cops to do about it?
  - Natsu 10y ago
    Any of the three anonymous witnesses the NYT mentions as having seen the cocaine could have contacted the cops.
    - mrep 10y ago
      Of course they could have. I want to know in what situation you would have gone to the cops for. Your comment was "You'd think someone here would go to the cops, no?". If you saw any of your current coworkers do cocaine, would you go straight to the cops and what would you tell them? What do you think they would actually end up doing about it? I think the cops would not have enough evidence to actually do anything about it besides he said/she said, and you would totally alienate yourself among your coworkers essentially screwing over your career. My point is that it is not nearly as black and white as you make it out to be and it is usually better to be safe (don't do anything) than sorry (speak out and ruin your career/friends/network over it).
      - Natsu 10y ago
        I would expect the cops to bust someone for drug possession. They have three witnesses and they could drug test the users. I don't think that's a he said/she said situation. You have multiple witnesses and they can be searched for drugs & drug residue. It might ruin their career at Uber, but do they really want a career at Uber at that point? It seems a lot more constructive than complaining about it anonymously in the news over a year later. I mean, a bad culture persists because people allow it to, so I don't understand why they waited to fight it, given their claims.
        qqqqqqqqqqqqq 10y ago
        lol you'd expect a drug bust because witnesses saw someone doing cocaine in a bathroom in Vegas....?
        Natsu 10y ago
        Did you really make an account just to post that?

Even if they do have evidence of a crime, journalists are usually loathe to reveal sources.

Natsu 10y ago

You'd think someone here would go to the cops, no?

mrep 10y ago
Can you describe in which persons case you would go to the cops and what you would try and get the cops to do about it?
- Natsu 10y ago
  Any of the three anonymous witnesses the NYT mentions as having seen the cocaine could have contacted the cops.
  - mrep 10y ago
    Of course they could have. I want to know in what situation you would have gone to the cops for. Your comment was "You'd think someone here would go to the cops, no?". If you saw any of your current coworkers do cocaine, would you go straight to the cops and what would you tell them? What do you think they would actually end up doing about it? I think the cops would not have enough evidence to actually do anything about it besides he said/she said, and you would totally alienate yourself among your coworkers essentially screwing over your career. My point is that it is not nearly as black and white as you make it out to be and it is usually better to be safe (don't do anything) than sorry (speak out and ruin your career/friends/network over it).
    - Natsu 10y ago
      I would expect the cops to bust someone for drug possession. They have three witnesses and they could drug test the users. I don't think that's a he said/she said situation. You have multiple witnesses and they can be searched for drugs & drug residue. It might ruin their career at Uber, but do they really want a career at Uber at that point? It seems a lot more constructive than complaining about it anonymously in the news over a year later. I mean, a bad culture persists because people allow it to, so I don't understand why they waited to fight it, given their claims.
      - qqqqqqqqqqqqq 10y ago
        lol you'd expect a drug bust because witnesses saw someone doing cocaine in a bathroom in Vegas....?
        Natsu 10y ago
        Did you really make an account just to post that?