These judges who sigh these arrest warrants need to be held accountable for not doing their jobs.
@chrisbenefield9963
Жыл бұрын
Exactly most warrants are approved in 2-3 minutes of being presented. How does anyone verify if a warrant has enough probable cause to be valid? The truth is you can’t but most judges and magistrates just rubber stamp warrants
@unbreakable7633
Жыл бұрын
We have some of the worst judges in our history now, both State and federal. The courts no longer function to protect us from the excesses of authority.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisbenefield9963so you expect judges not to trust the 🐑 dogs?? 😂😂😂
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
It's wild how the cops don't bother to do all of this investigation until AFTER they make a false arrest and embarrass themselves.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
@@ianbattles7290 so you think narcissists/sociopaths/psychopaths give a shit about being embarrassed?? 😄😄😄
@soujemn5
Жыл бұрын
It's important to remember that at no point will anyone involved in this investigation be held accountable for their actions.
@danpatterson8009
Жыл бұрын
When a grade-school teacher noticed that my brother's son looked a lot like one of those missing children whose pictures appear on milk cartons, she assumed he was the missing child and that his abductors were sending him to school under a false name. Teacher notifies admin, admin calls police, police take kid to the police station and try to get him to say that he's really this other kid. All this happens without a word to my brother or his wife. When another teacher tips them off, they rip to the police station and get it sorted out, helped by the fact that my nephew is the spitting image of my brother. Neither the school or the police made any effort to double-check their assumptions.
@deekang6244
Жыл бұрын
Just wow.
@noctisocculta4820
Жыл бұрын
Dude, children are especially vulnerable to hysterical adults making up fantastical stories. Famous case in New Zealand (1991), a pre-school teacher was accused of taking kids into satanic tunnels under the school where he molested them and sacrificed babies in satanic rituals. This was the height of Satanic Panic, protect your kids from Dungeons and Dragons and Marilyn Manson, etc. No tunnels were ever found, no babies reported missing, no evidence of harm to minors. Sentenced to 10 years in prison for 16 counts of abuse, but out in 7 years. His case pleas were repeatedly overturned. In 2019, a few months after his death, the supreme court finally held his hearing and cleared him of all wrongdoings. Awful tragedy.
@eilenekellogg-ki2br
10 ай бұрын
Is is the norm.
@travislupum
Жыл бұрын
Another case of police not being capable of doing their jobs 😂
@MrElemonator
Жыл бұрын
Defund the police! Do your Job! I'm an American give me more 👹
@anthonybates7307
Жыл бұрын
The cops are committing crimes and they get mad when we sue them. Everytime they do that, they collectively defund themselves.
@glee21012
Жыл бұрын
Call the cops, they always make things better.
@rationalbushcraft
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Qualified immunity has made it so there is no accountability for officers to be capable of doing their jobs. So what do they care if they ruin someone's life. It used to be police were respected for what they do. Now they are looking more like Heinrich Himmler than Andy Taylor.
@rickh6963
Жыл бұрын
The police don't care about truth or justice. The arrest is just another bullet point on the reason they should get a raise or promotion. Outcome is not a consideration. So if you are arrested for a felony and the charges are later dismissed, they still get the credit for the felony arrest.
@theoneandonlysoslappy
Жыл бұрын
Many years ago, my younger brother was visiting our hometown from college for a family event when he was arrested for committing a robbery at knifepoint in our town. He was identified by the victim by picking out a photograph of him from a highschool yearbook that the police kept. My brother had never been so much as accused of a crime, didn't abuse drugs or alcohol, never been in trouble in school, etc. Furthermore, there were many witnesses to his location at the time of the crime. Unfortunately, they were all close friends and family and the cops didn't trust them (I was not there myself) to tell the truth instead of covering for him. Ultimately, it was multiple interrogations, a lie detector, and an expensive lawyer later before they decided not to prosecute. Not as egregious a situation as this one, perhaps, but along the same lines.
@eilenekellogg-ki2br
Жыл бұрын
Cops didn't want to believe.
@dwightmanne
Жыл бұрын
Yall didn't sue?
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
Just imagine how many innocent people get convicted *simply because they don't have the money and/or energy to fight...*
@unbreakable7633
Жыл бұрын
And people wonder why of the 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights, 4 deal with criminal procedural rights. Which law enforcement and prosecutors and cops now all happily ignore. The guys who wrote the Bill of Rights weren't being soft on criminals; they were being hard on government. All governments are a threat to liberty.
@roberthodges3646
Жыл бұрын
or you sell everything to hire bad lawyers who throw a person under a bus. Never trust the bar association crooks.@@ianbattles7290
@PaintingandExercise
Жыл бұрын
"We worked in conjunction with the local university (that the wrongfully arrested student did not attend) in order to identify the student/suspect." The utter BS in that statement implies that they SUCCESSFULLY worked in conjunction with the local university. It is completely amazing how the police disregarded the concept of interviewing the student/suspect prior to arresting him. Shouldn't he be a Person of Interest prior to being arrested?
@gorkyd7912
Жыл бұрын
In order to subject a person to an interview they would have to first be arrested.
@gcanada3005
Жыл бұрын
Pizza Hut used to be great . Was the first chain to go to those abhorrent pizza assembly line machines. Pizza Hut is terrible now. It’s sad really, everything is low quality there now
@victorvonsteuben1728
Жыл бұрын
@gorkyd7912 not true, they can ask you to come in, research before spreading bs
@Bigrignohio
Жыл бұрын
The police did NO investigation at all until AFTER the arrest. That's incompetence by definition. Also, can he sue the "assault victim" that falsely identified him in civil court?
@EnthalpyAndEntropy
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the assault victim slandered him and caused quantifiable damages.
@ryandoyle4344
Жыл бұрын
I believe only if it was intentional misidentification
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
@@ryandoyle4344The burden was on the police not to just go around arresting somebody because a victim said so. They never even bothered to question the suspect before arresting him!!! They just took someone at their word and threw a random person in jail. It's fucking terrifying that anyone can be thrown in jail at any time just because some random person told the police a convincing story about us.
@davidh9638
Жыл бұрын
What happened to negligence?
@arcturuslight_
Жыл бұрын
@@EnthalpyAndEntropy What really should be happening in wrongful arrest cases is the officers who botch the investigation should be responsible for compensation, but unfortunately that ain't how it works. Here they likely do this on the regular and knowingly, hoping to get someone who can't defend against their arrest. Such actions should count as criminal, putting investigators behind bars.
@eddo1983
Жыл бұрын
I hope he wins the lawsuit and those deputies should be fired.
@MJrocs1309
Жыл бұрын
They'll settle it and the cops will go on to screw up another day.
@susanohnhaus611
Жыл бұрын
The deputies who arrested him were only doing their job and they had probable cause based on the warrant. Whichever police dept or prosecutor who got the warrant, and the judge, are the culpable parties.
@ygrittesnow1701
Жыл бұрын
When are these going to be seen as the crimes they are? Conspiracy to deprive and deprivation of rights under the color of law are federal felonies.
@abikeanditsboy3449
Жыл бұрын
It's Texas, they won't be fire, they'll be promoted.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Yeah.. Let's keep VOTING for your masters then HOPE for CHANGE.. 😂😂😂
@michaelmoorrees3585
Жыл бұрын
"Failed to take basic investigative steps". Police seem to make this mistake, way too often.
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
Because they don't face any personal consequences when they arrest the wrong person.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
So you think the 🐑 dogs are there to "serve and protect", or they're the best and brightest?? 😂😂😂
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
@@ianbattles7290who gave power and consent to the government?? GODS?? 😂😂😂
@MrTrailerman2
Жыл бұрын
They are lazy. Simple investigation would have likely cleared things up.
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
Жыл бұрын
Lack of accountability. That's why. If they had to pay any lawsuit from a bond, and had no job anywhere without the bond. They would start doing their job.
@josepherhardt164
Жыл бұрын
Many years ago, there was a 60 Minutes piece on a guy who was arrested multiple times for various crimes but kept getting released because he had alibis or other things didn't match up. One judge accused him of "dodging between the raindrops" and that sooner or later he would wind up in prison. Eventually the actual perpetrator was arrested, and if you put the mug shots of that guy next to the guy who kept getting arrested, they damned near looked like twins. A nightmare.
@OmniscientWarrior
Жыл бұрын
There is a case where these guys were booked into prison about 2 years apart. The person filing the paperwork was confused when the second was seen because not recognizing the face as someone who was released and was still in jail. So, he (gender neutral because I don't remember the info that will) dig through the files and found the lookalike. The two criminals look nearly identical and have no relation to each other. So we also use fingerprints; which also aren't a hundred percent unique to the person. Lookalikes at that common but shouldn't be unheard of.
@mrsniffwell7736
Жыл бұрын
I met a lookalike at work of a friend of mind who lived in the midwest. I had to stare at this woman for a good 5 minutes to realize it wasn't my friend. Their nostrils and lips were slightly different. Same color hair/hairstyle. Same exact glasses and eye color.
@josepherhardt164
Жыл бұрын
@@mrsniffwell7736 Many years ago, I saw a double of a work colleague of mine (same city as where we worked). I told him, "If you ever need an alibi for a crime, I can help."
@williamruiz3889
Жыл бұрын
Even when they are completely wrong they claim to have done nothing wrong. Incompetence.. I sure would like to know what kind of questions are on the detectives exam..
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
There's only one question on the exam: Do you know when to kiss your masters and when to kick the 🐑 🐑?? 😂😂😂
@Tugela60
Жыл бұрын
They did not do anything wrong. What were they supposed to do? The victim identified him positively, that is enough reason to arrest someone.
@rfichokeofdestiny
Жыл бұрын
@@Tugela60No it’s not.
@Tugela60
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is. They know assault happened, the victim positively identified the guy, that is enough for probable cause to pick him up. They are not going to go to him and say "Hey! Did you beat up X....you didn't? Oh, sorry to have bothered you".
@reluctantuser6971
Жыл бұрын
Did the police mislead the magistrate to get the warrant? If not, why did the magistrate sign off on it? What does it take to remove a magistrate from office?
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Who gave power to the government?? GODS?? 😂😂😂
@p12423073
Жыл бұрын
JP, rich white men with a monopoly on violence gave power to themsel....to the government.
@rdizzy1
Жыл бұрын
Warrants are given all the time without real evidence.
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
Жыл бұрын
Most magistrates are rubber stamps. They do not do their job.
@RuckFussia
Жыл бұрын
@@Gangsta1168 I don't see how that's relevant, considering there's very little that can be done to hold a judge accountable.
@o0o-jd-o0o95
Жыл бұрын
Years ago I asked my father what one thing scares in the most in life? he said what worried him the most is that he would get accused of a crime and be put in jail for something he didn't do
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
I've been convicted of a crime I didn't commit and it was the scariest experience of my 40 years.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
So how often did your dad VOTE for his masters?? 😂😂
@EXROBOWIDOW
Жыл бұрын
My dad told me that if any of his kids got arrested, he would not bail us out. I think he had a different perspective than your father had. Also my dad told me, a few years later, that the U.S. has so many laws that everyone is sure to be violating some law.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
@@EXROBOWIDOW did your dad tell you to keep VOTING then HOPE for CHANGE?? 😄😄
@jeraldbottcher1588
Жыл бұрын
Some people will say, no problem, they let him go. That is not the point. That is still time the man can not get back and possibly the trauma he had to go through. If they would have done even the most basic investigation before filing the warrant, they would have found that the man had no connection whatsoever to the incident, but no they decided to be lazy and see what sticks!. They should be sued and held accountable.
@robertadams8192
Жыл бұрын
Eye Witness accounts are notoriously "iffy". But, even if he looked exactly like the real criminal it proves nothing without further investigation. When I got my first job out of college (at a college) someone showed me a flyer with a picture of someone who had been a student, the previous year, at this college who looked exactly like me, including hair style. No BS. He looked so much like me that for a few seconds I was trying to remember when the picture had been taken!
@nettakay2116
Жыл бұрын
I literally just watched the news story this morning. This happens everyday. Some people can't afford bond and sit in prison days, months, years with no one believing they are innocent.
@brandonlink6568
Жыл бұрын
And after a month you just plead guilty to the crime you didn't commit just to get out of jail because you've already lost your job and will lose your home soon too
@FuzzyMarineVet
Жыл бұрын
In Texas, my experience is that the police investigators do only enough to say they did something, then the prosecutors happily build a case of conjecture, innuendo and perjury against the "suspect," and the judges happily act as rubber stamps for anything the agents of the state wish to do to an innocent victim. Then the voters are glad to reelect the political actors because they have a high conviction rate.
@rfichokeofdestiny
Жыл бұрын
They’re “tough on crime.” The naïveté of voters is disgusting.
@reflect.
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the part where they attack you mercilessly for not wanting cops to ruin and destroy the lives of innocent families.
@EXROBOWIDOW
Жыл бұрын
@@rfichokeofdestiny In California, the opposite is happening. Because People Of Color and poor people get arrested more often than "privileged" white people, the government (and a majority of the voters) have decided to get "soft on crime." That's why every day we're seeing headlines about "smash and grab" robberies and "flash mob" robberies and other crimes. They're not considered "violent" crimes, and/or criminals don't have much to worry about if each person in the flash mob takes less than $900 or so. Los Angeles County is eliminating bail for "non violent" crimes. I know many people who have moved out of California for various reasons; now I'm starting to think that I should consider doing so, simply for my own personal safety. But I'm hoping the voters will reconsider, and get rid of some of the criminals in charge of our government. Oh wait-- did we vote to allow convicted felons and illegal immigrants the right to vote? I don't remember; voters and our legislature have passed so many ridiculous laws lately.
@rodneymiddleton9624
Жыл бұрын
Another example of authorities not doing due diligence. I’ve been a victim of that too. I understand his frustration. Thanks Steve!
@cameronjames3499
Жыл бұрын
Let's fix the title of this video "Innocent Victim Kidnapped When Liar Sends Violent Gang After Them".
@666toysoldier
Жыл бұрын
Around 1985, a bank in my town was robbed at 2:30pm. Amazingly, a security camera caught a very clear phot of the suspect, which was on the front page of the paper the next day. It was an absolute ringer for me. My father-in-law even called me to ask (as a joke) how much I took. I made sure to determine which surgery I had been scrubbed in at the time of the robbery. Never was approached by police, probably because I worked with the wife of a police sergeant.
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
Back in college, I had a roommate who could be my twin; we even had the same hairstyle and glasses!
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
Жыл бұрын
How much was your cut?
@fd9987
Жыл бұрын
Years ago, in my hometown borough outside of Philadelphia, the local bar owner was in city hall renewing his business license. A purse snatching victim who was filing a police report identified him as the perp. He was immediately taken into custody. He lost his liquor license and the bar he owned and was facing trial when the real perp confessed. By that time he lost his car and he had to sell his house to make ends meet.
@westernbody
Жыл бұрын
Hope he filed a civil suit
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Did he still VOTE for his masters?? 😂😂
@fd9987
Жыл бұрын
@@westernbody He didn’t. Police had qualified immunity. The woman who accused him probably had no money.
@fd9987
Жыл бұрын
@@Gangsta1168 Have you sobered up yet?
@Hatbox948
Жыл бұрын
Wow.
@DramalessEarthbound
Жыл бұрын
All they had to do was investigate. So, simple right? Keystone cops.
@marcellachine5718
Жыл бұрын
This is why it is very important to remove qualified immunity from all law enforcement.
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
Жыл бұрын
And the judges. Being of face book IS NOT PROBABLE CAUSE.
@LMacNeill
Жыл бұрын
Back before we had phones that tracked our every move, how did people prove their innocence when someone accused them of being 200 miles away from where they actually were? Can you imagine *that* nightmare?! A cop or a prosecutor somehow gets it in their mind that you're the one they're looking for, and you're just 100% screwed with no way to prove anything.
@fd9987
Жыл бұрын
A lot of innocent people went to jail. Especially poor people who couldn’t afford lawyers. Yes, that means black people.
@ExplorationRandomDestination
Жыл бұрын
Only an idiot criminal would carry a teachable phone committing crime though.
@ryandoyle4344
Жыл бұрын
@@ExplorationRandomDestinationplenty of useful idiots will be getting a knock on the door
@-Katastrophe
Жыл бұрын
@@fd9987 not just black people, the poor of every race.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Yet, 68% of eligible Americans VOTED repeatedly for the system to be their masters.. 😂😂😂
@Mortvent
Жыл бұрын
It actually happens a lot more than you hear about. A lot of the time it's not even reported, it also used to happen when people see someone on TV or in the Newspaper that looked close enough.
@oliverlane9716
Жыл бұрын
How can it take months or years to prepare a case for trial but just a few minutes of police work to jail someone.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Jail them all and let God sorts them out later.. 😂😂😂
@Fix_It_Again_Tony
Жыл бұрын
I was arrested by a constable once in college for discharging a fire extinguisher in a dorm. The guy asked for my first and last name and was convinced he had the guy. Obviously there was no talking him out of it. Once I made it to the magistrate they tried to confirm my identity and the guy they wanted had the same first and last name, but a different middle name. The constable must have never heard of middle names. Obviously I got a free ride back to campus but I was late for a test. The professor did not much care for my story of mistaken arrest.
@donmulder8061
Жыл бұрын
When I was a LT in the air force my friends and I got jumped by a couple airmen in a hotel bar while watching the world series. Apparently my friend had bumped their table and they were offended. Anyway, a small scuffle ensued and my girlfriend pulled me outside to steer clear of trouble. Good call. My friend got charged with something minor like biting the DJs arm because the DJ attacked him for no reason and had my friend in a head lock and so he bit his arm to get out of the headlock and then had to go to court in his uniform. I went with him in civvies and sat in the back. Well a bunch of bimbos were in the front row with the DJ plaintiff and when my friend was giving his testimony to the judge the bimbos started carrying on and making false assertions and then turned around and pointed at me and said "he did it!" Whatever it was -- I think they had told the judge somebody started the fight I guess and so they pointed at me in the back and said "he did it! The man the red shirt." I was wearing the red shirt. The judge looked at me and I just shrugged. Luckily the judge blew it off and gave the DJ public service for assaulting my friend.
@WhiskeyPatriot
Жыл бұрын
Those bimbos should have caused a mistrial and/or gotten contempt of court. Air force doing that? You must be hanging around the right folk.
@donmulder8061
Жыл бұрын
@@WhiskeyPatriot they were enlisted airmen in the local hotel bar. I wasnt hanging gout with them. We bought them a round of beers after we accidentally spilled a little of their beer. They acted like fools because we obviously impressed their girlfriends. You dont always have time to drive to the major metro areas on weeknights to watch a game. It was the 80s. None of us had big TVs in our apartments. It was a local court. The judge had seen it al and handled it well. This wasnt LA Law.
@gray1shark
Жыл бұрын
Judges and cops/ DAs are waaay to cozy together. I use to work for my dad who's a wrongful termination attorney. Biggest case we ever had was against the local DA for discrimination against a female investigator. The judge dismissed the case on summary judgement, only time it'd ever happen to us. Then we sued again when they retaliated against the two coworkers who backed up her story. This time every judge in the county recused themselves, basically admitting there was a conflict of interest in the first case. We nailed them for $1.2 million. PS part that always blowed me away was how brazen the discrimination was. This woman was regularly being emailed porn by her coworkers, on the work email. No effort to hide it.
@glintinggold
Жыл бұрын
Intriguing 🤔
@additudeobx
Жыл бұрын
The dude was lucky that he was cooperative, otherwise the Police might have body slammed him to the pavement, then maced him, or even shot him because he was identified as a "Violent" individual.
@JemicoTX
Жыл бұрын
Ridiculous lack of due diligence.
@PsalmFourteenOne
Жыл бұрын
*This further proves how witness and evidence is grossly misapplied in the modern justice system* 🤡🤡🤡
@Lee-ed9wv
Жыл бұрын
Not misapplied.........normal practice. Purposely done for whatever purpose they want.
@stevenwoodward5923
Жыл бұрын
Eye witness testimony has been proven, to be one of the least reliable forms of evidence.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Yeah.. In the good old days, this person would have been shot/hang by noon.. 😊😊😊
@idristaylor5093
Жыл бұрын
Ben observing the viewers from behind the top right side of Steve's 100k plaque.
@reflexnight
Жыл бұрын
also the fact that he most likely had to pay for the tow and impoundment of his car as well, lots of little costs for his life, also this kind of thing can cause jobs to fire you. Or change how bosses look at you because the dumb saying "there is no smoke without fire" so once arrested always a criminal.
@phlodel
Жыл бұрын
An arrest record kept me from joining the Air Force, even though charges were dropped.
@reflexnight
Жыл бұрын
@@phlodel Yeah that is the kind of thing that can happen sadly. Lazy copes cutting corners, over worked judges who just rubber stamp what is put before them because who cares what happens down the line, there is no way for them to get any kind of punishment for doing bad work. its all on the victims of the lazy work.
@dougbotimer8005
Жыл бұрын
Police today hate having to actually investigate and make a case before getting a warrant or making an arrest. Arrest and charge, then let the accused prove his innocence; and watch the actual criminal go free.
@pesky-media
Жыл бұрын
When a judge refuses to comment, that judge is guilty without comment
@cparle87
Жыл бұрын
When did the Fifth Amendment get appealed? I don't remember seeing that in the papers.
@shadowguard3578
Жыл бұрын
If you’re on FB set up privacy settings to protect yourself and don’t use your own likeness for your avatar (or whatever it’s called). This can go both ways: innocent people protecting yourselves and guilty people hiding themselves. Alternatively don’t use FB and social media at all.
@EXROBOWIDOW
Жыл бұрын
FB used to require that people use their actual likeness. For a time, you were allowed to sign in if you could ID your friend from their profile picture, in case you forgot your password or something like that. About that time, a number of my friends began using their pet's picture as their profile picture. So I never knew if I'd be able to sign in, because it might depend on whether I knew my friend's pet's likeness.
@shadowguard3578
Жыл бұрын
@@EXROBOWIDOW I wasn’t aware of that. Anyway, when I first joined FB (circa 2001) I used my real name but not my own photo. I don’t remember what photo I used but it wasn’t a human photo, and I quickly set my privacy settings to friends only. A few years ago I changed my name on FB too. According to the rules at that time I could only change one part of my name, then wait a few months before I changed the second part of my name. So now my ‘name’ on FB is a nonsensical name, my picture is something I’ve painted, and I have my settings set to friends only.
@keithweiss7899
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the false arrest of my brother in the 70’s. A water patrol officer caught a guy boating while drunk. The guy had no I.D. on him and gave my brother’s name and a fake address. When they found the address was fake, they asked the University in the city there if they had anyone with that very common name. They gave my brother‘s name and address. The cops arrested my brother. But he was working at a factory 100 miles away when it occurred. He had absolute proof of that. So they showed his picture to the arresting officer and the evidence that he was working far away at that time. The cop said it wasn’t the guy that he cited. But the P.A. went ahead and prosecuted! My brother had to hire a lawyer and go to court! He won of course. But it cost him time and money. The lawyer told my brother that he couldn’t sue for this.
@bboywolf
Жыл бұрын
lawyer lied lol theres been multiple cases of people suing on this channel alone
@keithweiss7899
Жыл бұрын
@@bboywolf Unfortunately, this was the early 70’s and it was a lot different back then. Especially in Southeast Missouri, it was almost impossible. Today it is easier because judges aren’t as apt to side with cops in every way. Even today, finding a lawyer who will take up a case like that is quite hard.
@glintinggold
Жыл бұрын
@@keithweiss7899 Really? Is that because judges watch cop-watch videos? Because bad police are no secret, and judges are supposed to know things. I'm not holding my breath!
@jayman6622
Жыл бұрын
They need to open an investigation on that detective in every case he ever had because if he watched this one that badly imagine how many people he did it to before.
@777CaptMark
Жыл бұрын
This kind of crap is outrageous. Eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable. Facial recognition technology is not much better. They should be given no greater weight than an anonymous tip. A place to start investigating, nothing more. No one should be arrested solely on facial recognition or even genealogical profiling. They are both good tools, but nothing more. They just point you in what MIGHT be the right direction. Thanks for the video. You’re doing the public a great service by posting stuff like this. Take care.
@madmaximilian5783
Жыл бұрын
@777captmark• there's a new thing called swatting where anybody with a grudge can make an anonymous call and report a bogus crime and target someone just like in this case. The cops don't even investigate they just show up ready to pounce.
@777CaptMark
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I’ve heard of that. Innocent people have been killed by SWAT because of this crap. Fortunately, it is recognized as a crime in and of itself and people have gone to jail for doing it. They should!
@jesstreloar7706
Жыл бұрын
In the 'Cold Case Files' when genealogical profiling is used, the police get a sample from the suspect before getting the arrest warrant.
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
To the cop-lovers: what could this kid *possibly* have done to avoid being mistakenly identified by the victim & arrested??? *And what's stopping this from happening to YOU next???*
@-Katastrophe
Жыл бұрын
I too am waiting with baited breath.
@vihtoripuurola3775
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget a judge was involved with issuing the warrant. A warrant is a warrant. Police in other jurisdictions don't see how that sausage was made.
@fs127
Жыл бұрын
@@vihtoripuurola3775 Even in the autopsy of the event the local PD admitted that they pulled him over only to effectuate the arrest warrant. Just because they have less blame doesn't mean they aren't part of the problem.
@natelorimer8567
Жыл бұрын
Funny I am not anti cop.. but I do not trust them. Far too often corrupt cops usually let people sit, before a court date behind bars before they can get a bail in time. They lose their job, then fall behind on Child support. And lose their home in process of trial. Then ultimately made a criminal inbother ways after their innocence is found. All they often have to do is verify a few things .
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
Жыл бұрын
@@fs127A judge needs PROBABLE, not possible but PROBABLE cause to issue a warrant. Being on facebook IS NOT PROBABLE CAUSE. That judge should be disbarred. Along with any other rubber stamp judge. Their job is easy and they are not doing it.
@Cohen.the.Worrier
Жыл бұрын
Is there a maternity ward where nurses drop babies on their head on purpose so they can have a _great career in law enforcement?_ Who hires and badges these morons? Who releases them on the general public and covers for them? Their chiefs, prosecutors and judges need to be called out and dealt with. They need to be fired and disbarred.
@briangarrow448
Жыл бұрын
Now you know where all those C- students went to after high school. They became police officers.
@fd9987
Жыл бұрын
There is zero accountability. USA is in serious need of criminal justice reform.
@ygrittesnow1701
Жыл бұрын
@@briangarrow448 Would never make the kind of money they get in the private sector. Especially for how little they actually do.
@huwhitecavebeast1972
Жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha! I shouldn't be laughing tho.
@madmaximilian5783
Жыл бұрын
@@briangarrow448 the recruiting process for cops is very lacking, they just hand out guns and badges to any nitwit nowadays.
@starlitalpha7
Жыл бұрын
Many people look at me like I'm nuts when I say I like pizza hut pizza, specifically their pan pizza. Glad to find someone else who likes it!
@arinerm1331
Жыл бұрын
This story from the police simply doesn't add up! The police say the university helped them identify the person from a photo, even though that person is not matriculated at the university. My second brain cell barely likes the first one, and even I would know to ask, "How **the fuck** are we to believe the university was of any use at all here?"
@Lauren_C
Жыл бұрын
Ngl, I would be furious enough to fire off a lawsuit at the accuser too, if for nothing else but spite.
@EnthalpyAndEntropy
Жыл бұрын
Lawsuit is a funny way to spell bullet.
@dannytravis7118
Жыл бұрын
Something people don't understand is that these little mistakes can cause a lot of damage to someone's life. I saw a video of a man who was in fort Collins Colorado I think. And he was a little lost and slowed down to read a street name. He got arrested for dui. They took him to jail and he did the breathalyzer and passed 0.00. The police then coerced him into giving a blood draw, which he did and it eventually came back negative weeks later and the charges were dismissed. But it doesn't end there. He was a piolet and due to the arrest the faa put a hold on his piolets license so he couldn't fly pending their own investigation and he got fired from his job because his license was suspended. This could have been avoided if he had been released by police after the breath test but the police determined to make the initial wrongful arrest stick pushed it down the rabbit hole and in the end all they've managed to do is screw up a law abiding citizens life. I think eventually he'll get everything cleared up, but how long is that going to take and the suspended license and getting fired will last the rest of his career. Even if his record gets completely wiped clean there's going to be a gap of employment you can't hide and have to explain. I know police have a difficult job, God bless them. However I think there's several cases that they get tunnel vision and make the decision that they're right no matter what the evidence is and push on when they should take a step back and go ok the evidence doesn't support this did I make a mistake.
@eilenekellogg-ki2br
10 ай бұрын
Danny that would mean that they care about citizens and doing their job correctly.
@Bobs-Wrigles5555
Жыл бұрын
Ben hiding below Low Flying Owls, but I think they may have spotted him, Steve's RHS high
@keithe2150
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I had a simple doctors appointment and missed the first broadcast of this by the time I got back it was like 120 pages of comments to get back to where you are. It’s amazing how many people are watching these lately he’s going to be in a half 1 million before you know it
@Bobs-Wrigles5555
Жыл бұрын
@@keithe2150 Yep, I've noticed his Sub No goes up about 1000 every 2 days.
@matthewbeasley7765
Жыл бұрын
It would be interesting if the arrestee filed a slander suit against the assault victim. This is clearly a case of slander. A lawyer is likely to hesitate taking the case unless paid in advance. It wouldn't be about getting the money, it would be about getting some level of justice. Just the process of defending yourself against a slander case would be a pain in the butt.
@1hanagima
Жыл бұрын
A lot of lawyers seek payemnts after the fact or work your case for free
@gbear1005
Жыл бұрын
Slander is verbal libel is signing something... defamation is the general term. If the police had presented him first, its not defamation, just lying.
@azrobbins01
Жыл бұрын
If you are falsely arrested, can you force them to remove your fingerprints and mugshot from their computer system, since they should have no right to that information?
@phlodel
Жыл бұрын
If you're ever the victim of identity theft, having your fingerprints on file can help resolve the situation. It's one of the few times it's a good thing to have been arrested.
@MBrown201175
Жыл бұрын
Nope, it is public info at that point.
@EnthalpyAndEntropy
Жыл бұрын
No. The best you can do is get the arrest record sealed or expunged. It won’t be usable in court and you can testify under oath it never happened BUT it can still show up on background checks and potential employers can and do often assume you did it and will want an explanation. When that happens you might want a convincing story, even if a work of fiction. I have yet to see a potential employer who dug it up believe me on mine that it was completely bogus. As far as I’m concerned these days any cop that approaches me has forfeited their right to life. A dead cop can’t violate your rights nor conspire with others to violate rights even after you’ve proven your innocence.
@azrobbins01
Жыл бұрын
@@phlodel Wow. If you give them access to the cameras inside your house, then they will know if a crime gets committed as well. Giving the police a set of your house keys will prevent them from needing to break your door down if they ever need to get inside. May as well give them all your online passwords as well in case you lose them.
@whearts
Жыл бұрын
One guy I follow on KZitem has had to defend himself from illegals coming across the border and wanting his stuff. He eventually got tired of spending 2,000 to 3,000 to get his record expunged. Oh, and as far as photos and fingerprints, do you the the alphabet agencies are 'really' going to erase data that they can use?
@jfm562
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad he's filed a lawsuit!
@tamtheman2099
Жыл бұрын
Judges need to be held accountable to the public and as such they should be required to hold press conferences once a month of their cases.
@ace-kz9id
Жыл бұрын
Both the cops and judged need to be held accountable
@MustangsTrainsMowers
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never had my picture up on my profile on Facebook because of this and a crazy stalker.
@SmittyAZ
Жыл бұрын
Did Steve cover the story of the guy that was released that spent 29 years on death row on a totally false conviction?
@nucleargrizzly1776
Жыл бұрын
Nearly 30 years ago I was arrested because of mistaken identity. I was furious and planned on suing. Then I saw my doppelganger. Hard to get mad when my own mother thought he was me.
@MB-ig6gl
Жыл бұрын
In the last month I have heard so many stories of the government not doing proper due diligence before doing something. Because the processes all assume everyone involved is telling the truth and did the due diligence themselves. This story. Improper arrest warrant due to lacking proper investigation in identifying the right person. There was another guy that spent what, a week in jail awaiting extradition after being improperly identified for petty theft at an airport shop. They knew a person on the same flight "probably" did it and somehow just pulled his name out of a hat instead of all 150 passengers. Recorders Office allowing fraudulent sales of property (no one verified the owner). Few stories of this in Arizona. Evictions of the wrong address (like they did not read the paperwork and then verify the address). And that is after putting the notices on the right address by the same LEO?!? It is ridiculous that all of these processes, setup with steps to check these items, just get rubber stamped. If I did that in the military (like a role where this was one of many responsibilities) I would have been fired (court martialed), lose a pension, and also could be held financially liable/go to jail. One officer ended his career because one of his enlisted direct reports accidentally shredded some documents an hour early because they got time zones messed up in the middle of the ocean. And this was peace time and was only discovered during an audit. Yet these people have ONE JOB, they don't do it, innocent people get hurt, and they don't even get written up. Then the government claims immunity and does not have to be held accountable for basically doing that one thing that is their main job. Doubt they even made any changes to the process as that would "admit guilt".
@dragontoothless4351
Жыл бұрын
This coming from the same state who in the 1980s, executed a man whom Corpus Christi detectives were repeatedly told by informants was not the person who had committed the robbery and murder at a gas station, but because he'd run away from police when they patrolled the neighborhood and saw him, decided that he must be the guilty party. No blood on him. It wasn't until after his execution that people started to question whether they should have investigated the leads coming in after his arrest, instead of just brushing them aside as not important, especially when another guy who was later arrested on a different charge, bragged that he had done the killing and Carlos DeLuna ended up just being the fall guy for the cops who wanted the investigation wrapped up quickly so that they could look good with the voters.
@dave_n8pu
Жыл бұрын
I hope the guy in this story wins, and wins BIG.
@boikatsapiens499
Жыл бұрын
Ben behind the KZitem plaque.
@user-no1cares
Жыл бұрын
Nighty-night Bob.
@Bobs-Wrigles5555
Жыл бұрын
@@user-no1cares Ya missed...
@franks8127
Жыл бұрын
I had a friend get back after being abroad for over 2 years serving in the military. He called me up to catch up and we decided to go to the gym about 30 minutes into working out a group of cops came to arrest him for rape... I actually knew one of the cops and told him that his suspect just got back into the country a few days ago.... it turned out some random chick at the gym called the cops saying she was raped 2 weeks earlier by him.....
@glennross9760
Жыл бұрын
We all understand the "no harm, no foul" rule. In this case there is definitely harm to the student/pizza guy, and the police actions are definitely foul. They should accept that they stuffed up, apologise for their actions, and recompense for the harm caused.
@GENERIC_CHANNEL_HANDLE
Жыл бұрын
And I'm sure his car was towed and he had to pay to get it released to him, which for someone working paycheck to paycheck? That can become an impossible expense to overcome.
@RobEJC
Жыл бұрын
So the man and his father undertook the most rigourous and thorough investigation into the matter, while trained, certified law enforcement professionals simply swiped left? And what judge worth their salt signs off the warrant? Sweet jeebus we are in big trouble.
@mikethinks
Жыл бұрын
I do not envy the balancing act that must be done in order to keep the justice system both functional...and just. I will say that I think the information as presented seems to indicate there were some shortcuts taken here. Fortunately the victim of the false arrest did not spent too long in jail, as is far too often the case. One huge takeaway I seem to see frequently, is just how quickly those charges to SERVE and PROTECT, suddenly forget the SERVE part as the CYA reflex kicks in. This is one of the key reasons so many distrust police. Sure they are great most of the time. But as with all things in life, its how you handle your screw ups, that tells the tale. 100 great jobs does not even begin to overcome the negative feelings that one cover up creates....and when you have to spend months digging to find out basic info on why a bad arrest happened, make no mistake, that's a cover up.
@oldfordman68
Жыл бұрын
Ok yes the police messed up however this is a perfect example of why I don't post pictures of myself on social media people can use those pictures to create fake ID and do all kinds of things
@ygrittesnow1701
Жыл бұрын
So you deprive yourself out of fear of government incompetence.
@Dragoonsoul7878
Жыл бұрын
@@ygrittesnow1701 That isn't deprivation, you don't need social media to enjoy stuff.
@ygrittesnow1701
Жыл бұрын
@@Dragoonsoul7878 Deprivation - the lack or denial of something. You are right no one 'needs' social media to enjoy stuff. As time goes by and this becomes the primary means of communication and sharing of thoughts, its need within our culture becomes more important. This is how knowledge and new ideas come about. Commerce spreads from just the local shops to global.
@boataxe4605
Жыл бұрын
Everyone has a doppelgänger. I feel sorry for anyone in PA who looks like that escaped convict.
@barnabusdoyle4930
Жыл бұрын
This is a perfect situation of the police wanting an easy collar and were handed one and just went with it without investigating further. This is so common in policing that nearly 1/4 of the people arrested for crimes were railroaded by the police.
@Waterlooplein1
Жыл бұрын
You can no more identify someone off Facebook than you can from their driver's license! Makes me glad my photo is not on Facebook.
@Metal_Auditor
Жыл бұрын
In a case like this, if the mistakenly identified person gets fired because of the criminal charges, is that grounds for an unlawful termination lawsuit?
@paulsalb1686
Жыл бұрын
Ben's sticking out from youtube plack award
@douglastaylor43
Жыл бұрын
Judges should nit pick every arrest warrant. That's their job
@LectronCircuits
Жыл бұрын
Wrongful arrest can happen to anybody at any time. Audience wishes hapless victims all the best. Cheers!
@RicardoSantos-oz3uj
Жыл бұрын
And the thing is that you may loose your job in this cases. So you get your life destroyed for something you didn't do. At least the criminal do the crime.
@Snargfargle
Жыл бұрын
There are over 8 billion people in the world and nearly a third of a billion in America. With social media, it's easy to find someone who looks like someone else. For instance, there is a national political correspondent who is the spitting image of my old shop teacher, who lives down the street. I once once hailed a woman because I thought that she was my sister, they looked and walked exactly alike. Boy was she confused when a stranger started asking her what she was doing way out here on the West Coast.
@EXROBOWIDOW
Жыл бұрын
When I was in college, I helped at a demonstration basketball game with free admission. We were handing out free programs to people as they came in the door and headed for the escalators. After awhile, it began looking like the same people were entering, over and over. It seemed like there were just 15 different facial types in a crowd of thousands. Probably there were more than 15, but I wasn't counting. I was just trying to keep from saying "Pree Frograms!" instead of "Free Programs!" while madly handing them to people.
@ronbennett7885
Жыл бұрын
Are there any known instances of arrest records truly being deleted from all official databases? Otherwise, this arrest will follow him forever.
@allwaizeright9705
Жыл бұрын
I hope he SUES the CRAP out those that are involved in this...
@DBBSYSTEMSONLINE
Жыл бұрын
The City of San Marcos has tons of money. They’ll settle out of court for several million.
@mikestone8509
Жыл бұрын
This
@akeel_1701
Жыл бұрын
goodbye Student Debt
@lgodwin2170
Жыл бұрын
As to the Texas State University issue...it is possible that the police (who should know this) asked the incorrect question...or...are/were not very bright. Texas State is not just a university, it is a university system that consists of: Texas State University (physically located in San Marcos) Sam Houston State University (where the wrongfully arrested student attended...located in Huntsville) Sul Ross State University (located in Alpine) Lamar University (located in Beaumont) Lamar Institute of Technology (located in Beaumont) Lamar State College - Port Arthur (obviously, in Port Arthur) Lamar State College - Orange (obviously, in Orange) So...he was technically a student in the system. This, however, would be like confusing a student attending the University of Texas - El Paso...or the University of Texas - Arlington...with a student at the University of Texas - Austin. All in the same system...but...quite geographically dispersed. So, while the falsely accused was not a student at Texas State University, he was a student within the Texas State University system...if that makes sense.... Anyway, eyewitness testimony is so unreliable...that alone should not be enough evidence for anything. Sad the cops are/were...for want of a better term...such idiots....
@benmoore1097
Жыл бұрын
I'm being charged with ASSAULT!!!??? Come on!! The pizza isn't THAT BAD!"
@JxH
Жыл бұрын
"We're looking for someone that looks a bit like this..." "Oh, here's one. How many are you looking for ?" "Just one. We'll take the first one you've found." "Okay, I guess we're done then. Early lunch then ?"
@GuitarNewby
Жыл бұрын
Hey Steve, (People say that.) I sincerely believe that it's insane to make thousands of laws and yet not educate the populous about the law. I think basic law and the consequences of breaking laws should be taught K-12 💛.
@EnthalpyAndEntropy
Жыл бұрын
It should but this case has nothing to do with the law messing up or a misunderstanding thereof. This is a failure of ethics, work and otherwise, on the part of the cops and an epistemological failure on the part of the assault victim, cops, and judge.
@ryandoyle4344
Жыл бұрын
While most agree with you; It depends upon the preferred outcome: education or control
@GuitarNewby
Жыл бұрын
It's about teaching self control ⚡
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Insanity is VOTING repeatedly for narcissists/sociopaths/psychopaths to be your masters then HOPE for CHANGE, or cry about the circus like little babies.. 😂😂😂
@GuitarNewby
Жыл бұрын
A voting public should be educated in basic law to better understand the actual purpose of voting.
@Spencer-wc6ew
Жыл бұрын
My daily reminder to never go outside.
@Gangsta1168
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget to keep VOTING then HOPE for CHANGE.. 😂😂
@glintinggold
Жыл бұрын
@@Gangsta1168 🤣
@haneyoakie14
Жыл бұрын
Steve Grand Blanc has a Pizza Hut again. It is in the shopping center on Saginaw Street between the Kroger and Ace Hardware. Is it any good? I don’t know. I called in an order at 5:15pm for a scheduled 7pm pickup. I got there at 6:45 and was told it would not be ready until 7:45. I cancelled the order and called in an order to Mancinos instead. It was ready in the time it took me to drive from Grand Blanc to Flint Twp. YMMV, lower In California
@dennisberman4640
Жыл бұрын
Ben - By the KZitem award.
@cogitoergopun1406
Жыл бұрын
Aside from being required to attend 80 hours of continuing education in the their 1st year in office and 20 hours per year thereafter, there are ZERO educational requirements to be a Justice of the Peace in Texas. Member of the Bar? Nope. Law School graduate? Nope College graduate? Nope. High School graduate? Nope. Grade School graduate? Nope. This is from the State of Texas: A Justice of the Peace must meet the following qualifications at the time of appointment or election: U.S. Citizen Resident of Texas for at least 12 consecutive months Resident of the precinct for at least six consecutive months Registered to vote in the precinct At least 18 years of age Not have been finally convicted of a felony from which they have not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities Not have been determined by a court with probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote Candidates for this office generally must meet the above qualifications at the time of filing.
@davidswanson5669
Жыл бұрын
Who cares about suing cops and judges, when are we gonna sue the population of a city who all turn a blind eye to the completely flawed system? They don’t mind how lazily an investigation gets done or how little gets scrutinized, so long as there’s an appearance of justice. If everyone had to pay an extra $20/month in taxes to pay for a wrongful imprisonment and $2/month extra for wrongful arrests, I promise the police departments and prosecutors and judges would begin crossing their t’s and dotting their i’s.
@tommyb6611
Жыл бұрын
And people wonder why "defund the police" is a thing. It all starts with the police not doing their job, and the youtuber trolls making fun of this "defund the police" deserve 100% to be the wrong side of a wrongful arrest like this one...For them to realize that the cops in general are not up to the standards anymore. They aren't the local police officer that protects and serves, but the fascist oppressor that wants to further his career and needs to close cases fast no matter if he locks up innocent people, (His arrest victims).
@wickedbird1538
Жыл бұрын
😢😢Got to watch those pictures. I was shown pictures of a woman who looked like me. She lived about 50 miles from me. Spooky. She was not a relative.
@daninraleigh
Жыл бұрын
After much viewing of police procedural shows and debunking videos, I would think that everyone in law enforcement should know by now that eyewitness testimony is incredibly unreliable.
@corssecurity
Жыл бұрын
A co-worker was arrested for domestic violence complaint by an ex-spouse. He was held on a ten thousand dollars bond. There are no bail bonds here. Put up the full amount. He didn't have the money to pay. At the time of the alleged violence he was at work, she was out of town. The police waited two weeks to start an investigation. He was arrested at work. He spent two weeks in jail before the police checked with our employee that he had been working and that she was not even in the city that night. She was charged with public mischief. He was released. Charges dropped
@Lee-yc1if
Жыл бұрын
Now he has to go online to all of the businesses that sell background checks and make sure they remove that from his record. Plus the business is Going to charge you for the background check information on yourself before you can clear all the bogus stuff ,I ended up spending $200
@MacBailey
Жыл бұрын
Just like on the internet you can find dozens to thousands of people with the same name, a lot of people have similar looking features. Especially in just internet snapshots. Once I was talking to my mother on the phone and we happened to have the same local news on. A story came on about a guy who was arrested for a murder that happened a few miles from me. When the guy who was arrested and admitted to the crime came on I was shocked and told mom to look at the screen. This guy, although a few pounds thinner could have been my twin. (no relations though). She agreed he looked just like me. I am glad they got the right guy, but that was scary having a murderer for a doppelganger.
@ajcroteau0928
Жыл бұрын
I got a summons for jury duty in San Marcos, TX for today and last Thursday, I was told the trial had been cancelled… I’m curious if this was the case I was supposed to sit on…
@rdizzy1
Жыл бұрын
This is just another example of why human memory is trash, eye witness testimony is worthless, picking someone out of a lineup is worthless. Anything based on a human having to recall memories is not accurate, and should not be used. But then the entire justice system would cease to exist. (As the memory of the cops is just as worthless as any other person)
@MCC876
Жыл бұрын
Twice in my teenage years I was mistaken for someone else who did bad things I have to imagine. One person called the cops on me and I was questioned. The other time a guy slammed me against the wall but his friend told him I wasn’t the guy. This stuff really happens.
@christine_lovelace
Жыл бұрын
Horrible for this young man. It'll follow him forever
@apollo21lmp
Жыл бұрын
seems like the original victim just trashed their own case. now the defense atty for the original suspect can question the validity of the victim's ID of their client.
@radicalrick9587
Жыл бұрын
*Questioning a possible suspect, who'd have thunk it, instead of throwing them straight into jail without questioning? That's, indeed, a novel Idea.*
@tnrodgers
Жыл бұрын
Planes crash because of more than one issue. But the combination of issues multiplies the problems. Bad police work and a judge’s incompetence has the same effect on a persons life.
@michaelfickel
Жыл бұрын
I once picked the wrong guy out of a photo lineup. He was right in front of me and tried to run me over after stealing my fencing. I later saw the truck on FB and contacted the sheriff's department. They had arrested the man after a different theft and sure enough had my cedar fencing.
@rickh6963
Жыл бұрын
Someone accused this person of a crime and went on record. That person need to pay for their mistake.
@Chef-vg4pu
Жыл бұрын
Talking about throwing stuff against the wall and see what sticks, why is not the man who identified him in the lawsuit ? As well as the school for working with the police and misidentifying him?
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