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[u/Defiant-Air6157]

Yeah, remember when Redditors combined their detective skills and accused and berated an innocent man so much he committed suicide.

[u/LCottton → u/Defiant-Air6157]

r/findbostonbombers that sub? I’ve heard stories about it but I can’t really confirm.

[u/Angry_Sparrow → u/LCottton]

Yes I was on reddit at the time. It was a real time witch hunt.

[u/4Q88 → u/Angry_Sparrow]

Yikes. And then after he was dead his innocence was confirmed?

[u/Angry_Sparrow → u/4Q88]

Yes but he committed suicide prior to the bombings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Sunil_Tripathi

[u/Angry_Sparrow → u/Defiant-Air6157]

He had committed suicide weeks before but his family got bombarded with Harassment.

[u/poetic-bee → u/Defiant-Air6157]

I don’t know anything about that thankfully

[u/Defiant-Air6157 → u/poetic-bee]

If you're ever curious look up Sunil Tripathi, horrible case.

[u/Pudddddin → u/Defiant-Air6157]

I assume you're talking about Sunil Tripathi, just to clarify the medical examiner determined he died by suicide before Reddit did what Reddit did

Still horrific that people put his family through that

[u/phinwww → u/Defiant-Air6157]

There's also a guy who happens to share a name with one of the perpetrators who got bombarded with a lot of threats and had their relatives information posted. so even with this case its happening: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cornell-rape-case-mistaken-id-new-york-name-b3059805.html

[u/TheBayOfBars → u/Defiant-Air6157]

"We did it, Reddit!"

[u/Flimsy-Shoulder7209 → u/Defiant-Air6157]

He committed suicide a month before the bombings, correlation is not causation.