Update: April 18, 2013 2:26 PM Investigators in the Boston Marathon bombing have been sifting through the massive pile of digital images that were submitted from local businesses and members of the public in search of a suspect. While investigators analyze these videos and photos, a cadre of anonymous internet users have been conducting an investigation of their own. On online forums, pictures of the scene immediately before and after the attack are being collected and analyzed. Though this amateur digital sleuthing has yielded tantalizing theories of whodunnit it also has a darker side as photos are being shared identifying potentially innocent people as suspects.On Reddit, there are multiple posts soliciting and discussing photos and videos of the bombing site including one that has, as of this writing, attracted nearly 900 comments. In that thread, users identified several people they deemed suspicious. Redditors have also debunked many of their own theories in the course of their discussions.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=90004