Last Thursday night, Sept. 11, Philadelphia Police say as many as 12 people came across a gay couple in the Center City neighborhood, made disparaging remarks and started attacking them.
Both men had to go to the hospital. Police turned to social media for help identifying suspects. The surveillance video was tweeted — and retweeted — thanks to the help of popular sports blogger and other people on social media.
Philly hate crime: pic.twitter.com/i3PBprO9nn
— Greg Bennett (@GreggyBennett) September 17, 2014
@RealGlenMacnow found them all at la viola, some of them checked in on FB, compared FB pics
— FanSince09 (@FanSince09) September 17, 2014
S/O to @FanSince09 This is what makes my job easy. Sure, it’s up to me to make the arrest but we are all in this together.
— Joseph Murray (@PPDJoeMurray) September 17, 2014
As of this writing, police haven’t made any arrests, but one officer tweeted “I will take a couple thousand Twitter detectives over any one real detective any day.” ABC’s Scott Goldberg joined us from New York to discuss. http://audio.newstalkflorida.com/820/WakeUp/ScottGoldberg091814.mp3
Philly hate crime: pic.twitter.com/i3PBprO9nn — Greg Bennett (@GreggyBennett) September 17, 2014
@RealGlenMacnow found them all at la viola, some of them checked in on FB, compared FB pics
— FanSince09 (@FanSince09) September 17, 2014
This is how Twitter is supposed to work for cops. I will take a couple thousand Twitter detectives over any one real detective any day. — Joseph Murray (@PPDJoeMurray) September 17, 2014
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