A San Diego police department is facing a lawsuit after jailing a man for a month based on a Flock camera alert that cops allegedly should have known, based on the timestamp, did not depict the car that they were looking for.
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I’ve always believed in looking boring or common in all areas to blend in with the crowd for privacy, but this is one of those times when a huge "Honk if you’re horny" bumper sticker could have kept him out of jail.
What a nightmare. I recall a lady recently was jailed for months because she looked like a fraud criminal in another state.
I hope they get the $1.5mil payout, but also an overhaul of this insane practice of checking the data well after throwing them into jail.
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