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No, it's not a little creepy. It's fucking disturbing. These guys are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Numerous examples were pointed out here (
by DanielStraight 13y ago
No, it's not a little creepy. It's fucking disturbing. These guys are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Numerous examples were pointed out here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5562909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5562909) of people that seemed obviously guilty and then weren't. This is no different.
There is a reason we have due process. If you do not offer protection to the accused, then who will offer it to you when you stand accused?
Whether these men are guilty or not, they have a right to due process, including the presumption of innocence. Encouraging mob justice is, quite literally and with no exaggeration, encouraging the abandonment of your own basic human rights.
You cannot separate protecting the innocent and protecting the guilty. You can only protect the accused. Yes, this means you will sometimes be protecting the guilty. It even means you will sometimes acquit the guilty. That is the price of our freedom. And if you are not willing to pay, then do not be surprised when your own freedom disappears.
- thoughtsimple 13y agoBefore you can have due process, we need to catch the criminals that did this. I don't see how a crowd sourced examination of the publicly available evidence is a problem. Absolutely no one should decide to take the law into their own hands because of these pictures but if they provide real leads to the terrorists, I'm all for it. There is no doubt that the bombers where in the crowd and they are likely caught on camera. Anyone carrying a large backpack or bag has to be considered a suspect.