alt.hn

6/8/2026 at 6:39:23 PM

Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/man-jailed-for-a-month-despite-flock-showing-he-was-5-miles-from-crime-scene/

by Cider9986

6/8/2026 at 10:40:24 PM

Anyone who thought government surveillance would used as anything but a prosecutoral club is naive. The cops and prosecutors don't care if you are actually guilty of any crimes, they only care if they can profitably convict you of a crime.

by AngryData

6/8/2026 at 9:54:55 PM

Easiest $1.5 mil of their life.

Flock 'AI' BS + police negligence = easy money.

This could be abused until they get rid of these cameras.

by RugZug

6/8/2026 at 9:05:20 PM

Build a system that gives you a billion piece of data, expect it to spit out one in a billion results. And then you get idiots proclaiming the odds are one in a billion, it can't be a mistake.

by LorenPechtel

6/8/2026 at 8:23:33 PM

what's the process that had him in jail for so long, and is that a process that I could exempt myself from with money for bail, access to credit, lack of priors, money for a lawyer I already know?

by yieldcrv

6/9/2026 at 4:19:53 AM

The surprising/scary part here is the man jailed was driving an Alfa Romeo, so presumably he had some money for bail/lawyers, and was still jailed for a month despite no evidence.

by pants2

6/8/2026 at 11:55:05 PM

Usually it's waving your right to a speedy trial. Very common in a lot of cases but the reasons are usually dependent on the circumstances

by metalcrow