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/b/ has also posted this one. http://imgur.com/icyyRLK

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And this one: http://i.imgur.com/LvoCC5T.jpg

This one actually looks like the backpack in the FBI photo. Specifically the gray stripes on the shoulder straps.

I think this pic needs its own top level comment. This looks very convincing to me.

The bag looks heavy too, and placing it on the arm allows a quick drop.

Try this: http://i.imgur.com/E4AmAk1.jpg

That's a woman dealing with a baby in a stroller.

Wait, that guy is the topic picture as well. http://imgur.com/Wp2dH21

Yeah, this one is very convincing. There are a few other pictures of this guy all over Reddit with different angles/face shot. The bag appears to match. But there were plenty of other people in the immediate area with similar bags.

Also, some people put their bags down near/between their legs to watch the race. That doesn't mean they were planting a bag. Something to consider.

I'm sure the FBI is all over Reddit and every site/photo they can get their hands on.

Neat little Google Spreadsheet here breaking down the suspects, photos, etc. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AgtCl8YvqiBodEl0...

I think there's a ton of photographic evidence out there, a lot of which we don't have access to (CCTV, pro photographers, media, etc.) FBI has all of this is analyzing it like crazy.

I wonder what kind of system they are using to create a virtual timeline of events with photos and video evidence to sift through the content...

Not convincing, despite the accusations here. You can find the guy moving away from the blast, into the crowd, with his backpack in most of the shots being used for the other suspects.

What's hilarious is someone thinks it is very convincing while posting a spreadsheet that shows it is not...

You can tell by the scraggly beard that he's guilty.

Is the guy in the brown top meant to be walking away WITHOUT a backpack?

Because I can't see either way. He looks like me MIGHT still have a backpack on.

Also the backpack seems small based on what's meant to be in it?

That one is much more convincing than the one in OP.

They're all very convincing. Probably because there are thousands of people with backpacks at an event like this, and they tend to take them off and put them on when they stop or want to take something out. But hey, let's just get their photos posted all over the internet as bombing suspects.

Just asking out of curiosity: Do the US not have some right of being in photo, being singled out and shown without consent?

Wouldn't it be a crime or at least be against basic human rights?

Trying to understand, as I'm not american and wish to come to grips with the reasoning behind showing these images in public and not mailing them to law-enforcement.

edit: Killing repeating use of "just asking" ;-)

Not in the us. You are only shielded from pictures in places where you have the expectation of privacy; the bathroom or your bedroom when it's unknown to you are good examples. The finish line of the Boston marathon doesn't have this type of privacy guarantee.

I am not a lawyer, but I think you're safe sharing photos of public places. I don't think you have an expectation of privacy in a public place.

The other responders are correct, in a public place you do not have an expectation of privacy, so a photographer can capture you image and you can't stop them. However, should that photographer chose to publish the image, things get more complicated.

Take the example of an ad agency snapping a picture of you on a public sidewalk and later broadcasting that image in a $10M CocaCola Superbowl commercial. You own your own image, and are owed compensation for that advertisement. And it is fully within your rights to not accept an agency's offer to compensate you at all, thereby preventing them from legally using the image you have been capture in for commercial purposes.

Now, if you are in a picture, but nearly impossible to identify (ie: a crowd shot taken at a baseball game, or a marathon finish) then the image can probably be used without your permission and without compensation.

Newsworthy events, of which this clearly qualifies, also change the rules. Press have expanded rights when it comes to publication of images. But is reddit a news site? When it comes to UGC relating to a news worthy event, do the individuals publishing enjoy similar rights to the press? To what extent? And assuming that there aren't 6 murderers all wearing backpacks, can the innocent ones successfully sue for defamation if/when their names get published?

Answers to these questions aren't clear, so I expect that one of these internet-witch-hunts-that-identify-the-wrong-person will end up in court sometime soon. Maybe one already has? Anyone know?

Thanks for clarification. I only have the knowledge from the German perspective so it is interesting to see, how this is handled in other countries.

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