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by throwaway85825 24 days ago
Did the criminal investigation start before or after the social media campaign. I suspect after.
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It happened before part 1 from Reckless Ben was released. So it was before this latest wave of attention.
The public events depicted in part 1 also happened before the publishing date. Particularly the banner stunt that got local media attention is what I suspect prompted the criminal investigation.
My understanding is that Ben was making a fuss and got local media to report on the story before he released any videos.