Kyle Quinn Hid At A Friend’s House After Being Misidentified On Twitter As A Racist
“I understand the anger and frustration that’s out there about what happened in Charlottesville,” he says. “It was awful and I understand that people want to be able to do something about it. I don’t know what the right way is, but I can tell you being on the receiving end, this is not the way to go about it.”
Quinn thinks that in this case, maybe it would be better to leave photo identification to the experts.
Amateur Sleuths Aim to Identify Charlottesville Marchers, but Sometimes Misfire
A man at the rally had been photographed wearing an “Arkansas Engineering” shirt, and the amateur investigators found a photo of Mr. Quinn that looked somewhat similar. They were both bearded and had similar builds.
By internet frenzy standards, that was proof enough.
So You’ve Been Mistaken as a White Nationalist
Biomedical engineer Kyle Quinn fends off a frenzied Internet mob after being wrongly identified as a Charlottesville protester.
Internet shaming: When mob justice goes virtual
The words FOR SHAME have long been spoken to people accused of offensive behavior. Now, thanks to the Internet, those words (and worse) can be sent, sometimes unjustifiably, to millions around the world