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Police post photos of suspects with Lego heads to protect IDs under new California law
mountaineer:
Police post photos of suspects with Lego heads to protect IDs under new California law
By Social Links for Snejana Farberov
Published March 20, 2024, 1:57 p.m. ET
NY Post
--- Quote ---Getting arrested is no child’s play — except for these California cops.
The Murrieta Police Department has been posting hilarious arrest and lineup photos with suspects’ faces replaced by Lego heads to comply with a woke state law protecting offenders’ rights.
Images on the department’s Instagram page show the Lego blocks with a variety of facial expressions — crying, frowning, smirking or raging — digitally superimposed onto the bodies of people being busted.
One appears to show two people handcuffed in the back of a squad car — with the Lego face on one angrily looking at the other, whose toy head is crying. ...
The Photoshop-savvy law enforcement agency explained Monday that it is shielding detainees’ faces to comply with a new state law prohibiting the release of mugshots and booking photos of those accused of nonviolent crimes. ...
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https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1770521953310314867
mountaineer:
The maker of Legos proves to have no sense of humor.
--- Quote ---Lego ask California police department to stop adding Lego heads to suspects faces
Associated Press by Associated Press
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 9:03 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover the faces of suspects in images it shares on social media.
The Murrieta Police Department has been using Lego heads and emojis to cover people’s faces in posts on social sites since at least early 2023. But the altered photos went viral last week after the department posted a statement about its policy, prompting several news articles and, later, the request from Lego. ...
But on March 19, the toy company reached out and “respectfully asked us to refrain from using their intellectual property in our social media content, which, of course, we understand and will comply with,” Lt. Jeremy Durrant said in a statement.
“We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers,” Durrant wrote, declining further comment.
Lego did not respond to multiple emails requesting comment. ...
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PeteS in CA:
Maybe Murrieta PD should instead use the faces of Goobernor Noisome and the legislators who voted for this stupid law.
Cyber Liberty:
--- Quote from: PeteS in CA on March 27, 2024, 05:01:37 pm ---Maybe Murrieta PD should instead use the faces of Goobernor Noisome and the legislators who voted for this stupid law.
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That's a good idea!
mountaineer:
--- Quote from: PeteS in CA on March 27, 2024, 05:01:37 pm ---Maybe Murrieta PD should instead use the faces of Goobernor Noisome and the legislators who voted for this stupid law.
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Bingo!
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