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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Facebook helps cops...

From NYPD,

NYPD uses high-tech software to capture suspect

NEW YORK - New York City detectives have used cutting-edge facial recognition software to capture a man suspected in a shooting at a barbershop...

...Police say the man was beaten and shot on March 10 over a neighborhood dispute as he tried to get a haircut.

The victim knew the shooter but not his name, pulled up a Facebook photo and gave it to police. Authorities at the Real Time Crime Center fed the photo through the system and a match appeared: The suspect's prior mug shot.

His mug shot. In the immortal words of the brother of Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles, "Classic."
The center has a database of mug shots, names and nicknames....

Yo turds you may not want to put your mug shot on Facebook, etc. Like this guy it might bite you in the ass.

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