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After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence (coloradosun.com)
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[–] 74 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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Reading the article, I am very confused. It appears that they simply decided a random person was the culprit because she was recorded as driving through town during the time period of the package theft, and that's all they had?

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That's what I gathered as well. They mentioned there was doorbell footage but refused to show it to her. I'm guessing they saw she was in town, saw a person that maybe partially could have resembled her maybe if you squinted on the doorbell footage, and said that was all the evidence they needed.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    There is the weirdly pushy way the police officer tried to get her to confess that seems to imply that, too. They had a hunch, and hoped the person would be dumb enough to incriminate herself. It's a real shame she only exonerated herself, I am sure they would have loved it if she had tracked down the real thief.

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