Facebook = Murderbook? Gang members arrested after boasting of murder on Facebook

[YeuEmMaiMai]

Gang members arrested after boasting of murders on Facebook | Reuters

Police investigating three murders arrested 43 feuding New York gang members on Thursday based on evidence collected from monitoring what the gang members were saying about the cases on Twitter and Facebook, authorities said.

The 25 accused members of the Wave Gang and 18 accused members of rival Hoodstarz have been terrorizing streets in Brooklyn with shootouts that led to the killing of three people and wounding of several others, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

The gang members, ages 15 to 21, bragged about the shootings on the social media sites Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, he said.

"By linking their postings and boastings to active cases and other crimes, these officers were able to build their case," Kelly said.


And yet, this is the beginning.........

[SteveJM]

Gang members arrested after boasting of murders on Facebook | Reuters

Police investigating three murders arrested 43 feuding New York gang members on Thursday based on evidence collected from monitoring what the gang members were saying about the cases on Twitter and Facebook, authorities said.

The 25 accused members of the Wave Gang and 18 accused members of rival have been terrorizing streets in Brooklyn with shootouts that led to the killing of three people and wounding of several others, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

The gang members, ages 15 to 21, bragged about the shootings on the social media sites Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, he said.

"By linking their postings and boastings to active cases and other crimes, these officers were able to build their case," Kelly said.


And yet, this is the beginning.........

It's hard to believe that there are such callous and stupid people walking the streets. They know how to use guns, computers, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube and then brag to the world that they're murderers. What does that say about the threat of imprisonment, being a deterrent to crime?

[froggy]

It's hard to believe that there are such callous and stupid people walking the streets. They know how to use guns, computers, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube and then brag to the world that they're murderers. What does that say about the threat of imprisonment, being a deterrent to crime?

It says a lot--it isn't a deterrent. Timely trials and quickly carried out public executions would be though. It would also cut short the legacy of crime and suffering these animals pass on to their children. The wisdom of God's laws in the Old Testament could turn our crime problems around pretty quickly if anyone had the guts to enforce them.