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This isn't the police (or any other government agency) posting the pictures, its an individual. If the accused thief doesn't like that he has been accused of be
by kenj0418 15y ago
This isn't the police (or any other government agency) posting the pictures, its an individual. If the accused thief doesn't like that he has been accused of being a thief he can sue the blog author for defamation (libel/slander).
- raganwald 15y agoI know he can sue. My point isn't that it's illegal, my point is that I don't like it. I also don't like it when newspapers do exactly the same thing, accuse people of crimes before they have been convicted.
- kenjackson 15y agoIt appears he just says that this guy has his MacBook, not that he stole it. He says his MacBook was stolen and this guy has it. But doesn't say that this guy stole it.
- rcthompson 15y agoThe caption on the photo at the bottom of the page (presumably the first picture chronologically) says "Guy driving away with my MacBook." Combined with the assertion that the laptop is stolen, it's hard to read this as anything other than an accusation of theft.
- raganwald 15y agoThanks, that's a really nifty insight.
- kissickas 15y agoIs it possible to be convicted for a crime without being accused? Someone is accusing you of committing a crime- the plaintiff, in court. Isn't that all he's doing?