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user-inactivated  ·  4006 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Murders in NYC: 2003-2011

Interesting to think about each person when shown as individuals through simple dots on a map. These people all had thoughts, feelings, and aspirations that were suddenly cut off.

In my opinion, it puts the crime and its effects in a different perspective.





user-inactivated  ·  4006 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Very good thought, similar to mine -- every single one of these crimes has a story...

nowaypablo  ·  4006 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Black female, Age 42

    Hispanic male, Age 44

    Primary Motive: Domestic Dispute

    Weapon: Knife

Could you get any colder... shudder

mk  ·  4005 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is one that particularly disturbed me:

    07/30/09 5:50PM

    Victim: Guido Brinkman, white male, age 89

    Perpetrators: Black female, age 30

    Black female, age 30

    Black male, age 30

    Black male, age 27

    Primary motive: Not reported

    Weapon: Other

nowaypablo  ·  4005 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I saw this as well. It's not even the victim's age, or the perpetrators as much as the fact that a theft of life is put on an interactive map as a blue dot, and isn't given more than a 4-point report, hardly saying anything about what happened.