Wikipedia editors insisted a black guy was a serial killer for years

Stefan Mileschin · 9th November 2021, 08:50

We can say what we like and you can't touch us – its the law

Wikipedia editors decided that an African-American man from Florida was serial killer Nathaniel White for nearly two and a half years and is proud of the fact that US Justice protects it from this sort of thing.

For more than two years, Wikipedia illustrated its article on New York serial killer Nathaniel White with the police photo of an African-American man from Florida who happened to have the same name. A Wikipedia user said he had found the picture on crimefeed.com, a "true crime" site associated with the Discovery Channel, which also used the same photo in a TV broadcast on the serial killer.

The page was viewed over 125,000 times, including nearly 12,000 times on the day the TV programme ran. The man whose picture was used said he received threats from people who assumed he really was the killer, and took to dressing incognito.

https://fudzilla.com/news/53832-wiki...-serial-killer

9th November 2021, 08:50	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,514	Wikipedia editors insisted a black guy was a serial killer for years We can say what we like and you can't touch us – its the law Wikipedia editors decided that an African-American man from Florida was serial killer Nathaniel White for nearly two and a half years and is proud of the fact that US Justice protects it from this sort of thing. For more than two years, Wikipedia illustrated its article on New York serial killer Nathaniel White with the police photo of an African-American man from Florida who happened to have the same name. A Wikipedia user said he had found the picture on crimefeed.com, a "true crime" site associated with the Discovery Channel, which also used the same photo in a TV broadcast on the serial killer. The page was viewed over 125,000 times, including nearly 12,000 times on the day the TV programme ran. The man whose picture was used said he received threats from people who assumed he really was the killer, and took to dressing incognito. https://fudzilla.com/news/53832-wiki...-serial-killer

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