Toronto Police Use Facebook Picture in Online Lineup 227
An anonymous reader writes "A 28-year-old woman was recently accused of assault and arrested based on a thumbnail photo from her profile pic on Facebook. Artist Lizz Aston was identified in a lineup after police used a picture from her Facebook profile. From the article: 'In an interview she said, "I told the officer I was at an art opening for a friend, then went home with my boyfriend because he injured his knee. We stayed in for the rest of the night and I did research on the computer for an art installation I was working on. The officer didn't care ... I don't think the police looked into it further." Aston said, the officer "read me my rights. I was searched, finger printed and processed."'"
Myspace (Score:5, Funny)
Re:mistake #1 (Score:5, Funny)
Could be worse.... (Score:4, Funny)
If you lived in the US apparently you would be strip searched to top off the evening...
Re:Police lineups are a sham (Score:5, Funny)
if you went into a lineup and got chosen as the criminal you got a free golf club.
my department does this, and you're absolutely right about how bad people are at identifying perps. you wouldn't believe how many homicides I had to pull off before I got my goddamn nine iron.
Re:Myspace (Score:5, Funny)
MySpace is the first place I would to find someone who has thrown people off bridges.
Re:mistake #1 (Score:5, Funny)
Why mistake? Yesterday she was an unknown artist. Today she got her name on Slashdot.
...the hub of taste-makers and cognoscenti of the art world.
Re:mistake #1 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Mistake #0 (Score:5, Funny)
He said, posting on Slashdot.