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degggendorf t1_iuugct5 wrote

Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in A Tragic Event at Dexter Park by Dtknightt

>especially the part where they're talking about immigration/housing status.

Yeah that stuck me as odd too. Why call out specific characteristics that are unknown? "We don't know anything about the individual" covers all the bases.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_iuuo656 wrote

The cynical part of me wants to say it’s a quiet way to say “this is not someone from the neighborhood” or some shit.

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lightningbolt1987 t1_iuwf27c wrote

There’s a large unhoused population in the park and it’s also a pick-up point for migrant workers—both of whom are vulnerable populations and likely why they specifically called it out. Contrary to saying they AREN’T from the neighborhood it implied to me that it’s saying the opposite and acknowledging the typical population at Dexter Park. It was a poorly phrased way of trying to be sensitive.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_iuwg3aw wrote

I think the best moves are either to not do the email blast in the first place, or just say "while we don't know this person or what led to these tragic circumstances, <all that nice shit about checking in on people they closed with>"

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