Re: "the guard didn’t witness the crime, was relying on CCTV footage provided by the police"
“ why on Earth would the cops ask a security guard who hadn't witnessed the crime to implicate someone based on footage that the cops already had?”
It’s how you legitimise your actions.
When viewed in ‘the round’ the detail is missed and deemed insignificant to the overall result of clearing cases.
Unless these issues percolate to the top of news feeds no one knows about the injustice, if you don’t know you can’t care. In this case the police & facial recognition vendor could have claimed success in arresting a suspected perpetrator.
The real damage is done to the suspect, being arrested from his own home, in front of his family and neighbours, despite being innocent everyone will remember that day he was arrested, treated like a criminal and thrown in custody.
When you’ve done the right thing all your life, suddenly being a criminal in the eyes of society despite never doing any wrong is something I imagine will have an impact on the rest of your life. What would your boss say especially if work are looking to cut staff.
None of us can walk in that mans shoes, but just try and imagine the life impact of something like that happening to you.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
