gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAfter police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocencecoloradosun.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1804arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1793arrow-down1external-linkAfter police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocencecoloradosun.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square147fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·1 day ago She feared the impact a theft charge, though small, would have on her financial career. Why is this info public, what happened to innocent til proven guilty?
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 hours agoBecause police actions are a matter of public record. It’s why small town newspapers will print all the mugshots for the week.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day ago innocent til proven guilty That only works, inside the court. Outside, if you come in the view of an officer, you are guilty. I have had to do something similar recently, because some chap with “senior citizen” status randomly blamed me for something.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoEvery single day of my life I am grateful that my parents didn’t go through with their plan of moving to the USA when I was little.
Why is this info public, what happened to innocent til proven guilty?
Because police actions are a matter of public record. It’s why small town newspapers will print all the mugshots for the week.
That only works, inside the court.
Outside, if you come in the view of an officer, you are guilty.
I have had to do something similar recently, because some chap with “senior citizen” status randomly blamed me for something.
Every single day of my life I am grateful that my parents didn’t go through with their plan of moving to the USA when I was little.