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Super misleading title, I definitely thought reading it that she called 911 and the "whistleblower" had an actual confrontation with the cops. Instead she menti

Super misleading title, I definitely thought reading it that she called 911 and the "whistleblower" had an actual confrontation with the cops. Instead she mentioned in an email she was seeking legal counsel after being subjected to what she felt was harassment, and that involved talking to the police. Not entirely sure about the details but this dude is extremely suspect. Every single tweet he tries to paint himself as a victim by using charged and misleading words. "You can't call the police on Black people!" is just such an outrageous thing to say in situation which has nothing to do with race and which you didn't interact with the police at all.

whimsicalism 5y ago
> this dude is extremely suspect "This dude" is both a prominent educator and prominent researcher of algorithms. If you actually look at his twitter history, this sort of tweet [0] is much more common than any trying to "paint himself as a victim." I'm sorry, but if someone siccs lawyers and/or the police on you for a tweet you make criticizing them, you are a victim and it beyond reasonable to be upset about it. This thread has been a real master class in how HN reacts to any rhetoric around race as trying to "paint yourself as a victim." It's really obvious to me knowing Jelani outside of contexts like this how much you are trying to mis-represent him. [0]: https://twitter.com/minilek/status/1498504249876963331 https://twitter.com/minilek/status/1498504249876963331
- skinnymuch 5y ago
  You are projecting far too much.
- subjectsigma 5y ago
  Nothing has happened to him. He has had literally no personal, professional, or legal consequences at this point. Unless the situation changed since yesterday, he has not had anyone "[sicc] lawyers and/or police on [him]". He is not a victim. The fact that he works in data science has absolutely no bearing on the content of the tweets we are discussing. I'm a bored guy on the Internet, I'm literally typing this comment while taking a shit. I don't care at all what the outcome of this is. I'm not "trying" to do anything or push a narrative. You, in the other hand, have left a wild amount of comments in this thread and keep reminding everyone that you personally know him. Maybe you are the one with personal biases and ulterior motives when it is you versus the world?

whimsicalism 5y ago

> this dude is extremely suspect "This dude" is both a prominent educator and prominent researcher of algorithms. If you actually look at his twitter history, this sort of tweet [0] is much more common than any trying to "paint himself as a victim." I'm sorry, but if someone siccs lawyers and/or the police on you for a tweet you make criticizing them, you are a victim and it beyond reasonable to be upset about it. This thread has been a real master class in how HN reacts to any rhetoric around race as trying to "paint yourself as a victim." It's really obvious to me knowing Jelani outside of contexts like this how much you are trying to mis-represent him. [0]: https://twitter.com/minilek/status/1498504249876963331 https://twitter.com/minilek/status/1498504249876963331

skinnymuch 5y ago
You are projecting far too much.
subjectsigma 5y ago
Nothing has happened to him. He has had literally no personal, professional, or legal consequences at this point. Unless the situation changed since yesterday, he has not had anyone "[sicc] lawyers and/or police on [him]". He is not a victim. The fact that he works in data science has absolutely no bearing on the content of the tweets we are discussing. I'm a bored guy on the Internet, I'm literally typing this comment while taking a shit. I don't care at all what the outcome of this is. I'm not "trying" to do anything or push a narrative. You, in the other hand, have left a wild amount of comments in this thread and keep reminding everyone that you personally know him. Maybe you are the one with personal biases and ulterior motives when it is you versus the world?