He was injured in the blast and was running away like everyone else. But a bystander thought that was suspicious and tackled him. Police grilled him and ransacked his apartment. The new York post calls him a suspect immediately. Drudgereport links it under a screaming headline. World media pick it up. Everyone thinks he’s behind it. But. It’s. Just. Not. True.
I like how an innocent, injured, and scared man was tackled by bystanders, taken into custody, and defamed in the international media just for his skin color and his audacity to run from a fucking bombing and this warrants one tiny paragraph in an article about how “vigilant” they’re being in their investigation.
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Don’t believe everything you read on social media right now. Use your judgement. The same thing happened on 9/11 - false reports of secondary explosions, inflated victim counts, etc.
Make sure to check your sources before you contribute to the panic.
(via arumorinstpetersburg)
things to keep in mind:
-you do not know the religion of the people who planted these bombs
-you do not know the race of the people who plated these bombs
-you do not know the nationality or the political motives of the people who planted these bombs
-tumblr is not a credible source
-terrorism tries to instill fear and hysteria in people. keep calm
-your political party is NOT relevant right now
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Every single person who reblogs this will get their URL writtendown on a card to go to Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut. Please do this.
(Source: sobasicallyspock, via aliceteki)
