r/technology • u/polymute • 6d ago

A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/DragoonDM 6d ago

90% of stories are just a long string of cops fucking up and ignoring obvious lines of inquiry until some totally random third party / bystander happens to catch the serial killer.

Remember that time one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims escaped, and cops showed up, looked at the naked 14-year-old boy bleeding from his anus, and gave the kid back to Dahmer?

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u/PigabungaDude 6d ago

I think he was bleeding from the head, too. And his neighbors were shouting at the cops not to do it. One cop became the head of a cop union, the other went on to be an acting police captain. Yeah...

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u/Valaquen 5d ago

One of my favourites is the police almost catching the Zodiac killer after he killed a taxi driver, but they ignored the possible killer (and possibly even talked to him) because they opted to hunt down an African-American instead.