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Police Using YouTube to Catch Killers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-can-it-not-do dept.

Accommodate Students writes "The BBC is reporting on Greater Manchester police's attempts to use YouTube to catch the killers of the 15 year old, Jessie James. The video features a message from Jessie's mother Barbara Reid and sister Rosemary. BBC radio news has said this is the first time the police force have used YouTube in this way to catch criminals." Update: 10/08 07:40 GMT by Z : Sorry, misunderstood the situation. Thanks for the clarification.

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  1. Mail.co.uk story by Tavor · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17716 478&method=full&siteid=64736&headline=execution-of -a-boy-called-jessie-james--name_page.html

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  2. Re:Slow news day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Perhaps they are posting them to englighten their readers and open up discussion. Slashdot is, afterall, as much about the discussion (ideally) as the articles themselves.

    I'm tired of seeing these negative posts. If you don't like it don't click it. They aren't holding guns to your head.

  3. YouTube Link by Bueller_007 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the video in question:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM6HmxlU-hI

  4. Why assume black on black? by jvance · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gang != black, especially in the UK where blacks are a tiny minority.

  5. Re:In some places, murder is still news by Attaturk · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just by way of reference, according to this pdf :"Firearms are used in a very small proportion of all recorded crimes. Including air weapons, firearms were used in 0.40 per cent of all recorded crimes in 2001/02. Firearms other than air weapons were used in 0.18 per cent of all recorded crimes."

  6. Re:Noteworthy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    I doubt Australias national news news reports on Perths murders (except for the really sensational ones), but I could be wrong.
    You are. We only get around 300 murders per year in Australia - that's less than one per day. So yeah, we hear about all of them.
  7. Re:It's important because... by Cato · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not in terms of population, which is what matters in terms of crime newsworthiness - the UK has 60 million inhabitants.