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Philadelphia police searching for a group of people suspected in the beating of a gay couple got an outpouring of help from Twitter and Facebook users, who located a photo of the clean-cut young men and women at a restaurant and helped match names to faces. ...A security video of the group strolling downtown was posted by police Tuesday and set the online community to work.
Social media users soon figured out which restaurant, used Facebook to find people who had "checked in" there, and started coming up with the names of those pictured
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'Hate-crime' victims recount savage Center City beating
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/b..._Center_City_beating.html#HZjA8e07GD6MsXfO.99
Social media push prompts leads in gay bashing case
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/Social_media_push_.html#AYMz0EirObII3uZD.99
Social media users soon figured out which restaurant, used Facebook to find people who had "checked in" there, and started coming up with the names of those pictured
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...L_MEDIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
'Hate-crime' victims recount savage Center City beating
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/b..._Center_City_beating.html#HZjA8e07GD6MsXfO.99
Social media push prompts leads in gay bashing case
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/Social_media_push_.html#AYMz0EirObII3uZD.99