[HN Gopher] Suspect quizzed Bob Lee on 'inappropriate' contact w...
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       Suspect quizzed Bob Lee on 'inappropriate' contact with sister
        
       Author : dmode
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-04-14 21:54 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | pessimizer wrote:
       | Pretty terrible example to use for the _lawlessness_ of SF.
       | Everybody involved is wealthy, and the attack was totally
       | personal. I knew there was a reason why I suddenly stopped
       | hearing about the stabbing; it isn 't politically useful for that
       | SF crowd anymore.
        
         | olliej wrote:
         | oh yeah, it was super clear when the hyperventilating was
         | coming solely from one sector of the SF populace, which happens
         | to be the same subset that keeps make questionable claims about
         | pretty much all the SF crime and homelessness issues, while
         | also saying that the only solution is mass incarceration. When
         | it's something like SFGate/the chronicle using the story as a
         | talking point you have to assume that it's just "omg this crime
         | impacted a rich person for a change".
        
           | gotoeleven wrote:
           | Maybe that whole foods wouldnt have closed if it was just
           | rich guys stabbing each other by the arugula.
        
         | joemazerino wrote:
         | Weird anecdote but okay? My original comment on the stabbing
         | story did wonder if it was targeted or random. Either way,
         | passerby's walking past Lee gasping his last breaths for help
         | is indicative of the civil rot happening in our cities.
         | 
         | The only thing worse than evil men is the indifference of good
         | men.
        
           | WrtCdEvrydy wrote:
           | > passerby's walking past Lee gasping his last breaths for
           | help is indicative of the civil rot happening in our cities.
           | 
           | This happens all the time... wanna see something fun, walk
           | around your city saying "hi" to everyone and see how often
           | you get a "hi" back.
        
           | DonHopkins wrote:
           | I'm not indifferent to the evil men trying to exploit and co-
           | opt the death of Bob Lee for their own political agenda and
           | pre-existing narratives, before and even after they know the
           | actual cause.
           | 
           | https://missionlocal.org/2023/04/bob-lee-crazy-bob-
           | mobilecoi...
           | 
           | >Bob Lee deserved better than to be killed -- and then co-
           | opted in death
           | 
           | >[...] The decent thing to do is acknowledge a tragedy,
           | express sorrow for those who have lost a treasured
           | individual, and let the police do their work with all due
           | haste -- and then we can begin politicizing this poor man's
           | death to buttress our preexisting worldview.
           | 
           | https://www.thedailybeast.com/san-francisco-da-brooke-
           | jenkin...
           | 
           | >San Francisco DA Slams Elon Musk's 'Reckless' Statements on
           | Bob Lee's Death
           | 
           | >San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who ousted
           | her progressive predecessor in a recall vote last year,
           | slammed Elon Musk on Thursday for spreading "misinformation"
           | about the slaying of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Musk was among
           | several people who suggested Lee's murder was the result of
           | random, violent crime spiraling out of control in the city
           | under Jenkins. But police announced Thursday that they had
           | arrested and charged a 38-year-old man who knew Lee. "I must
           | point out that reckless and irresponsible statements like
           | those contained in Mr. Musk's tweet that assumed incorrect
           | circumstances about Mr. Lee's death serve to mislead the
           | world and their perceptions of San Francisco and also
           | negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime
           | as it spreads misinformation at a time when police are trying
           | to solve a very difficult case," Jenkins said. "We all should
           | and must do better about not contributing to the spread of
           | such misinformation without having actual facts to underlie
           | the statements that we make." The suspect, Nima Momeni, was
           | reportedly in a car with Lee and stabbed him after a fight in
           | the early hours of April 4.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | This was discussed thoroughly yesterday. I suggest we don't
         | rehash the same thing. It's a guaranteed flamewar and now also
         | just a repetition.
         | 
         |  _Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee - alleged killer also
         | worked in tech_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35555525
         | - April 2023 (1161 comments)
         | 
         | Edit: When the original thread was happening after Bob Lee was
         | killed ((https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35448899)), I
         | considered pinning a comment to the top of the thread reminding
         | commenters that none of us had any knowledge of what had
         | happened and asking them not to have a flamewar between pre-
         | existing narratives. I decided not to because I didn't want to
         | overly interfere, but I regret that now.
        
       | mosseater wrote:
       | I mean, the person who is saying this stands accused of murdering
       | him. I would take everything she says with a grain of salt.
        
       | starkparker wrote:
       | NBC Bay Area posted the court documents:
       | https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23777761/momeni-charg...
        
       | olliej wrote:
       | Wait, so this isn't actually because of the "explosion" of crime
       | in SF, and is in fact just a completely usual example of one
       | person murdering another person they know? As happens in almost
       | all murders? And that the only difference is it involves a bunch
       | of rich tech people? _gasp_
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Can you please not post flamewar comments? It's not what this
         | site is for, and destroys what it is for.
         | 
         | If you wouldn't mind reviewing
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the
         | intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
        
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