Posted on 08/24/2019 10:38:37 AM PDT by simpson96
Today in Hellworld, police are working backwards from witness statements to alter the photos of suspects so that they might be picked out of a lineup.
Police in Portland, Oregon — the whitest big city in the country, in a state that was founded with a constitution that made being black within its borders illegal — digitally altered the photo of a distinctly tattooed 50-year-old black man named Tyrone Allen, in order to try and implicate him in a bank robbery, according to Oregon Live.
The shocking move came after no bank tellers mentioned prominent tattoos in their description of the robber. Police reportedly altered his mugshot to remove his tattoos and then showed tellers a photo lineup, with some of the tellers then identifying him as the culprit.
“I basically painted over the tattoos,” police forensic criminalist Mark Weber testified. “Almost like applying electronic makeup."
Legal experts were a bit taken aback that police would do something that seems only likely to increase the likelihood of a wrongful conviction.
“It’s unbelievable to me that police would ignore the fact that no teller has described a person with glaring tattoos and make this man into a possible suspect by covering them up,” Temple law professor Jules Epstein told the paper. “They’re increasing the risk of mistaken identity.’’
Allen is currently in jail awaiting trial on three counts of robbery and one of attempted robbery. US District Court Judge Marco Hernandez is tasked with deciding whether the way in which he was arrested violated his rights and if the altered photos can be used as evidence.
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OK. That is a criminal action. The penalty for it MUST be the same as an innocent man would have gotten. No exceptions. Being a cop makes it worse: sworn to protect and to serve.
I don’t care if this guy is a career criminal- He should sue their asses off for this (and win)
Legal experts were a bit taken aback that police would do something that seems only likely to increase the likelihood of a wrongful conviction.
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“I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.”
From a better-known source:
Cops that do this should be jailed in general population with a special uniform that says “dirty cop”
Had he gotten the tattoos recently, or had they been there long before the robberies?
Relevant questions are rayciss, of course.
The police department there should be greatly punished and immediately let this man freely walk out that door with millions of dollars in his pockets.
Just what a Marxist/Socialist society promises.
To protect and serve is just a marketing slogan. They are only sworn to be bodymen for the state in enforcing laws and protecting crime scenes and garnering revenue of the state.
He probably said something good about Trump.
</copsucker>
seven feet tall!
Odd, but we are going to find that we are on the same side as the left on this one, I think, unless it comes out that this fellow voted for DJT and has a MAGA hat in his car..
The article doesn’t mention that the perp had altered his face to hide the tattoos during the robbery. Forensics was trying to duplicate what the perp did.
Not much chance he got all those tats at the same time or over a couple of days. He should have done what we all advise each other to do- shut up when arrested except for calmly asking for an attorney.
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The perp had altered his face to hide the tattoos during the robbery. Forensics wanted to duplicate what he had done.
Sounds like a reasonable thing to do, therefore it must be rayciss.
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