Reach Out and Bust Someone

Last summer, a riot occurred in Vancouver, British Columbia, after the Canucks lost a hockey game to the New York Rangers. After having subpoenaed news-media video, authorities used the tape to develop multimedia kiosks geared for gathering positive identifications of riot perps. Mallgoers were invited to scan several screenfuls of digitized faces and identify anyone […]

Last summer, a riot occurred in Vancouver, British Columbia, after the Canucks lost a hockey game to the New York Rangers. After having subpoenaed news-media video, authorities used the tape to develop multimedia kiosks geared for gathering positive identifications of riot perps. Mallgoers were invited to scan several screenfuls of digitized faces and identify anyone they knew. The Vancouver police claim a high success rate in fingering the roughnecks. Who needs Big Brother when you can get the citizens to do the finger-pointing for free?

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