Social Media Accuses Wrong Man of Murder

Social media has turned into a space which invites some vigilantism, but what happens when a community places blame on the wrong person?

Social media has turned into a space which invites some vigilantism, but what happens when a community places blame on the wrong person?

On Saturday October 8th 2011 a young man in Surrey, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada died in a hospital after being stabbed in the neck. Eighteen year old Jamie Kehoe was stabbed on a bus the previous night after a fight broke out. It appears as though Kehoe was stabbed as a result of the chaos following the fight, but the police have yet to publically identify as culprit.

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