[simon_]

One might as well say: "20K+ fatalities on the Boko Haram insurgency, and counting, but you're up in arms about one maybe-murder in the most privileged city in the world."

Not every community needs to be about every thing.

[lbebber]

If this murder was ignored by HN then fine, but the point is that the community is commenting about this case and, by doing that, showing its values.