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My sympathies are for the victim but I think it would help to post the full context of her statement. She said "One month ago an individual was apprehended, ho

by ajju 15y ago

My sympathies are for the victim but I think it would help to post the full context of her statement. She said "One month ago an individual was apprehended, however as far as I know, this person was transferred to a neighboring jurisdiction for prosecution of previous crimes, and no charges or arrest warrant has been issued for my case within San Francisco County." (emphasis mine) I don't think Brian Chesky or AirBNB can have much influence on what crimes the DA prosecutes these perps for. For all we know they committed a more serious crime in the neighboring jurisdiction and so were transferred there. AirBNB could have submitted the evidence they have and the DA might have decided to use it later, or not use it in favor of another case that is stronger.

dlss 15y ago
Right. She explained that in her blog post because she wanted us to actually understand what is going on. To you it might not matter as long as a suspect is in jail, but I'm sure that having an investigation paused while you wait on neighboring jurisdictions feels very different than the way you'd expect reading what AirBnB said: "a suspect is now in custody, and our information will now become important evidence"
- ajju 15y ago
  It seems very likely to me that in the information they gave us, AirBnB was just relaying the information the police gave them. It's very likely the police told AirBNB to give them all the evidence they had so they could use it to prosecute the suspect they had in custody. If I were the victim, I would not be satisfied until the perp got prosecuted for my crime either, but this pause in investigating this crime to pursue other crimes first, does not falsify AirBnB's statement that the perp is in custody, and that their information will become important evidence. Anyway, AirBnB should have done a much better job of helping the customer and communicating both with her and the rest of the world.
  - dlss 15y ago
    On its own it could have been innocent, but there are too many of these too close together in the press release to believe that

by ajju 15y ago

dlss 15y ago

Right. She explained that in her blog post because she wanted us to actually understand what is going on. To you it might not matter as long as a suspect is in jail, but I'm sure that having an investigation paused while you wait on neighboring jurisdictions feels very different than the way you'd expect reading what AirBnB said: "a suspect is now in custody, and our information will now become important evidence"

ajju 15y ago
It seems very likely to me that in the information they gave us, AirBnB was just relaying the information the police gave them. It's very likely the police told AirBNB to give them all the evidence they had so they could use it to prosecute the suspect they had in custody. If I were the victim, I would not be satisfied until the perp got prosecuted for my crime either, but this pause in investigating this crime to pursue other crimes first, does not falsify AirBnB's statement that the perp is in custody, and that their information will become important evidence. Anyway, AirBnB should have done a much better job of helping the customer and communicating both with her and the rest of the world.
- dlss 15y ago
  On its own it could have been innocent, but there are too many of these too close together in the press release to believe that