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CNN webpage with a photo and text saying "We have a photo showing the suspect's unmasked face. How has no one recognized him and come forward to police?"

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I love that the true crime investigator people on the internet, when asked about helping, responded with a resounding (actual quote) 'absolutely the fuck not'.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 months ago

On the one hand, this probably isn't the same guy.

On the other hand he's really hot, and we love it when our folk heroes look good doing their heroics.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 months ago

Anybody who comes forward will have a target on their back.

Fucking class traitor

[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i didnt see nothing man...

straight white transexual male female of african american decent with dash of asian heading north east south.

Do these people really think Americans are about to turn on a folk hero and even if they are willing, would you want to be on that guy's shit list over some dead executive?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

a folk hero

I can’t wait for songs to be written about him

ETA: I hope his name is Jayne. The man they called Jayne…

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Our love for him now, ain't hard to explain

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The hero of 6th Ave the man they call Jayne

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Well he capped an exec and a nation did cheer

He stood up to the man and the message was clear

Our love for him now, ain’t hard to explain

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

He's a man that knows how to put CEOs in pain

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Careers could be made, the demand is there.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago

Because it's not even the same guy?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know who that is, it's Timothée Chalamet!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

Lisan al Ghaib!

[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Jake Gyllenhaal is a hard man to find.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago

He totally looks like Jake Gyllenhaal.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why is CNN's CEO Sir Mark John Thompson looking to draw attention to himself? Could he be hoping for a new trend to develop where people surprise CEOs named Thompson in the streets? Seems weird, but maybe he's optimistically hoping that his surprise might be cake or something.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

Why would someone turn in this guy when he's clearly not the shooter? Different windbreaker altogether

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

My money is on scapegoating some poor soul as a warning to the masses.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

who is this person? what did he do any why are there plenty memes about him?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

No idea what you're talking about, but there's clearly something wrong with my phone. People keep mentioning pictures of some dude but the pictures never seem to load on my phone at all. It's wild how that only happens specifically with that one picture. Oh well.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

I'd like to come forward and say that I also wear a hoodie when it's cold. Not that color though, I prefer a black or blue hoodie. I also wear glasses, have a beard and moustache, and am at least 3 times uglier than the guy in the photo.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Weird, shocker, complete mystery, total enigma; very puzzling, baffling, inexplicable, a “head-scratcher” as the hooligans say; indecipherable, unanswerable, consign it to oblivion and endeavor never to ask this quandary again.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Maybe everyone around him/her died from coverage refusal, nobody can identify that person cause they are dead. Which would explain why they decided to kill the leech-ionnaire

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

ask other CEOs and see if they can come up with any possible reasons

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago
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