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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Note to self:
Apply temporary tattoo.
Commit robbery.
Apply a little cold cream.
woo-hoo, innocent!
The trouble is, we don’t know how long between the robbery and the mugshot and the “journalist” doesn’t mention it. If a good bit of time passed between the robbery and the mugshot then it’s possible that he had the tattoos made AFTER the robbery and reasonable to alter the mugshot to more closely match what he would’ve looked like at the time of the robbery. The timeline is important.
Are we to believe the bank did not have cameras recording a robbery from every angle, especially head on?
Does the video of the robbery show someone with distinctive facial tattoos like those still on the guy’s face?
That’s what I was wondering...thx
Looks like they were covering up his tats.
Another ‘error’ heehee
It was on local news but did a search and found a good complete article at Oregonlive.com “the case of the missing Tatoos”, by Maxine Bernstein.
It is shocking that:
1. A federal prosecutor is defending the practice; and,
2. A U.S. District Court Judge needs time to make a decision to dismiss the case.
A 7-footer with a sigmoidally fractured nose. Who needs tattoos to ID him?
I know, That's racist!
I just read the article. (See: The case of the missing tattoos: Altered photo lineup by Portland police draws objection)
There is nothing in the article that states that the suspect used make-up to alter his appearance. Nor, is there any evidence presented in the case that the accused used make-up to hide his tattoos.
There is speculation from Detective Brett Hawkinson, but that's it.
Allen could have used makeup to cover up his tattoos, Hawkinson said.
The fact that the police did this supports my earlier assertion (not to you) that police follow their 'hunch' about who is guilty, then gather or in this case, manufacture evidence that leads to a conviction.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Maloney said the altering of Allen’s photo was done to “look like the disguises that were on the robber,’’ who wore a baseball-style hat and glasses, with no tattoos visible.
Yet, they didn't use Photoshop to put hats and glasses on the array photos. Just removed the tattoos from whom they believed was the guilty party.
I certainly hope this case gets thrown out. These guys are dirty cops.
Yes, the bank has cameras. Yes, they caught the guy's face on video. No, there aren't any tattoos.
That's why the police photoshopped the guy's face to remove the tattoos, but didn't tell anyone. Dirty cops, dirty DA.
Here's the robber's face.
It's possible. Is it likely? Not really.
If the police really thought he did that they would not have buried the fact that the photoshopped his pic.
The robber also wore a ball cap and eyeglasses. Yet, the police didn't add a cap and glasses to all the line-up photos.
Instead, they digitally removed the tattoos from the guy they "knew" was guilty.
They are all really named Clark Kent and absolutely never wrong period.
To them everyone is always guilty until they prove their innocence, yet they are always afforded innocence until proven guilty. Even then they are still always innocent.
Of course that doesn't fit the narrative though.
A judge will rule on the photo but the case won’t get tossed. The police were led to him by an informant. They will probably get enough other evidence to arrange a plea or take to court.
It’s Oregon, a district of California, where honesty and fair play are considered hate crimes.
10 years prison for everyone involved.
No Gun. No Badge. Forever.
I don’t think he is seven ft. tall. The photo has been photo shopped onto that background. Note the blue background over lapping the height chart
Investigation Discovery had a segment when the cops told a suspect to copy a ransom note EXACTLY as it was written, then turned around and said his handwriting style matched the note and tried to prosecute him.
Once that got out, they dropped the case against the guy, who was not too bright and looked like an easy mark - except for a sharp public defender.
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