Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime

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Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime

timesofsandiego.com

RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 days ago

A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.

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A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.

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