![]() Speaking to Dazed, Daniel Trottier, an Associate Professor of Media & Communication at University Rotterdam highlighted similar examples of online investigations that had gone wrong. “Given the context, it was hard to dismiss the claims of foul play online as wild conjecture because it was completely plausible that a black woman’s death would be mishandled by police” The poor-taste #IreneChallenge involved imitating her appearance and accent while her number and the names everyone else visible in her live streams were circulated. Roberts’ red hair and mirrored glasses made her a distinctive person to track down and hashtags mocking Roberts began to trend. ![]() However, viewers allege that they can hear Jenkins saying “help me” in the background of the video. The clip shows Roberts singing in the hotel rooms hours before Jenkins is thought to have gone missing. Pair this with that classic millennial habit of documenting almost every single moment via sites like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter, and suspicious spectators had all the materials they needed to try and piece the night together.Ī video filmed by Irene Roberts, one of Kenneka’s friends, is said to have been the catalyst for the viral vigilante movement. ![]() Given the context, it was hard to dismiss the claims of foul play online as wild conjecture because it was completely plausible that a black woman's death would be mishandled by police. When Jenkins mother, Tereasa Martin, publicly dismissed the police and hotel’s theory surrounding her daughter’s death and their handling of the case it unsettled mourners. All of the above has spawned the largest collective investigation in internet history in which every person with a profile is a policeman, a journalist and, above all, an expert ready to take on the task of protecting and serving in a country that constantly fails them. In addition to all of this, 35 per cent of missing children are black, despite black children accounting for 14 per cent of America’s child population. White supremacists that descended on Charlottesville were called “very fine people” by the president. Colin Kaepernick lost his job because he knelt during the national anthem to protest oppression. What makes her death so significant is not just the lack of CCTV footage that shows how she actually managed to get into the walk-in freezer, is that it's become symbolic of America’s race relations. Police have since released CCTV footage of Jenkins stumbling through the hallway alone but none of the tapes show how she died. As 1000 attended her funeral their message was clear – they have not forgotten this case. On September 8, after partying in a room at the hotel, Jenkins is said to have become separated from her friends who called the teen’s mother at 4am to inform her that they were leaving the hotel and had her daughter’s phone. The death of 19-year-old Jenkins, whose body was found in the freezer of the Crowne Plaza Chicago hotel, has become the most extreme case of social media CSI the internet has ever seen. “They don’t respect us, but they’re gonna release these tapes!” Last Saturday was Kenneka Jenkins’ funeral, however there’s still anger on the streets of Chicago. They’re afraid of us,” a man shouts through a megaphone as a line of police move slowly towards him and other angry protesters. Separately, the department told The Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday that Jenkins' mother, Tereasa Martin, would be shown the security footage by Thursday afternoon.“Listen, they’re afraid of these people out here. Investigators are analyzing social media content and surveillance footage from 47 cameras at the hotel, the department said, adding that it sent "certain videos related to this investigation" to specialized forensic technicians for further analysis. "Additionally, we have positively identified four others who were present the night of the gathering and are working to locate and interview them." "Eight of those people interviewed were present the night/morning of the hotel gathering," the department said in a statement. The Rosemont Police Department said Wednesday evening that it has located and interviewed 12 people in connection with the case of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins, whose body was discovered in a freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, on Sunday morning after she attended a party there. — - Amid mounting pressure from demonstrators, police released more information about their investigation into the mysterious death of a Chicago teenager who was found dead in a hotel freezer last week.
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