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2013-02-05 at 13:35

Operation Thunderbird hopes to map all cases of missing, murdered Aboriginal women

By Jamie Smith, tbnewswatch.com
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Operation Thunderbird is looking to map every case of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

The Anonymous hacktivist operation is looking to shed light on the country’s hundreds of cases of missing or murdered women.

Supporters of Operation Thunderbird, or #OpThunderbird on Twitter, launched a crowd map Tuesday that plots those cases across Canada and the United States, including dozens of cases in Thunder Bay.

Along with recent sexual assault cases, it also highlights cases like the murders of Doreen Hardy and Jane Bernard, who were found strangled to death in 1966 near Sandy Beach in Shuniah.

 


 

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mazda323 says:
Just had a look at their link which is a map that points out alleged sexual assaults against Aboriginal women in Thunder Bay. Very few of these links have more than an address. If they are hoping to solve these cases, some information might be helpful.
I wonder if there are any cases involving white women on that map?
2/5/2013 2:22:06 PM
Tiredofit says:
I think the point they're trying to make is there are a lot of them, many unsolved

However I would like to sea comparison to non-first nations that are unsolved. It would definitely help if its a low number.
2/5/2013 3:00:03 PM
Sui Generis says:
Probably not, because their point, whether right or wrong, is that the same attention isn't given to aboriginal women that is given to women of other races. So, having 'white' women on the map would defeat the purpose.
2/5/2013 3:36:59 PM
ryanhell078 says:
I live near Seattle, WA USA and I am working with some of the systems that the Anonymous developers are also working w/. I seen their reqeust for help and started reading. Interested me a bit.

So you know, the system they are developing will do much more than simply show a geo-tag on a map where an alleged incident occured.

The system should potentially allow site visitors to add photos to those map tags, video, comments, and contact info. The system is a visual + public way of organizing info to hopefully use to solve these crimes.

It will be extremely useful, so please bare in mind they are struggling to deploy the system still, it is somewhat new and difficult to work with in some ways.

What can be assured is if they simply wanted to create a map with markers on it where women went missing; there was a massively easier and cheaper solution.
2/9/2013 5:18:41 PM
blahbaty says:
I'd be interested to see the comparison of the number of non-aboriginal assaults and murders compared to aboriginal... then further the unsolved to solved percentages in Thunder Bay for each of those groups. Further to that I'd also like to see of those solved how many are aboriginal on aboriginal assaults. I'm curious to see if this is a perceived aboriginal issue or not.
2/5/2013 2:57:10 PM
razor_burn says:
That's because these sexual assaults never took place. There simply is no info.
2/5/2013 7:47:27 PM
Pick Slimmons says:
...so where are the reports of these alleged incidents coming from? Are they substantiated? I see that one has a link to an OPP news release, but many do not. Does this mean that they were never reported to the police? From what I can see, anyone can log in and make a 'report' of whatever they would like. Ten unsolved sexual assaults against indigineous persons in August 2012 alone on the first page? I suppose I could log in and make my own allegations. Perhaps I will...
2/5/2013 8:02:50 PM
westfortscum says:
Are these even the same anonymous? The ones that hacked the US military, the ones that hacked an entire country? Why can't they get some information from a local police department?
2/5/2013 8:29:49 PM
Mastermind says:
I think it is time for the thunderbird to stop flying too close to the sun. Their adolescent attempts cheapen this issue. Come out, stand up, and be counted for what you believe in. Why such a coward?
2/5/2013 8:33:42 PM
tesla says:
The numbers are quite high around Thunder bay and Area for missing or murdered aborigional women.

Anyone care to discuss the RCMP and the Picton case?

I'm not suggesting anything by that statement about our police department.

Just saying if this attention leads to solving one case, I could support that.

2/5/2013 10:22:08 PM
hardball says:
I wonder if any of the comments made would be a suspect(s), I wouldn;t be surprised by the remarks made...
2/5/2013 11:17:21 PM
bondjames80 says:
Most of these crimes I'm sure we're committed by someone close to or known to the victim. They are unsolved because the people who know the facts are withholding critical information. Very few assaults or sexual assaults are random attacks on strangers. While these crimes are wrong and the culprits should do long sentences, the police can't do much without leads, information or evidence.
2/5/2013 11:29:05 PM
imbroglio says:
I have to wonder, of all the assaults that are alleged to have occurred upon the indigenous women, what percentage were committed by indigenous men
2/5/2013 11:50:14 PM
advocate says:
For those discussing knowing whether the crime was Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal, I believe race is irrelevant. Unless it was race-hate based (person x kills person y because of race), then we should not be discussing race.
2/6/2013 7:05:00 AM
f37eagle@gmail.com says:
same on all of you's!!!!!Right or wrong..
Some one's missing there Mother Or Sister.
OR your Dauther....
Take care....your Mother rised u rigt.
2/6/2013 11:01:23 AM
SG says:
While I don't agree with all the posters above I would like to say that my mother did raise me right. And she taught me how to spell. Your post is barely comprehensible.
2/6/2013 12:09:57 PM
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