Reddit Bans Subreddit Dedicated To Finding Navy Yard Shooters

Posted by Unknown on Monday September 16, 2013 @12:01PM from the saving-us-all-from-armchair-detectives dept.

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Reddit became a gathering place for amateur sleuthing in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing earlier this year, fueling what some reports called 'online witch hunts' that resulted in some people being falsely identified as the bomber. Now Andrea Peterson reports at the Washington Post that a section on the popular online community for finding the Navy Yard shooters has been banned. 'We banned it because it violated site rules by encouraging the posting of personal information,' says Erik Martin from reddit. The shooting at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning left at least 12, including a gunman dead. But police say there may be another suspect at large, and they 'have reason to believe' this individual was involved in shootings."

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Pointless by Revek · 2013-09-16 12:12 · Score: 3, Funny

Since 4chan will just get it wrong for them.
I'm ready to go by alen · 2013-09-16 12:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Just tell me who to beat senseless with mob justice and I'm there
Hiding the truth! by Sarusa · 2013-09-16 12:29 · Score: 3, Funny

And right after they'd managed to finger Lee Harvey Oswald.
Coincidence? Follow the money, sheeple!
One thing we know for sure by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-16 12:35 · Score: 0, Funny

It can't possibly be a terrorist attack since we are constantly told on Slashdot that there are no terrorists, and deviation from that view is punished.
Re:Please Leave the Gun Rights Debate Out Of This by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-16 12:52 · Score: 5, Funny

What's wrong with a massacre? You make it sound like nipples were shown during the killings.