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Well, it's not really luck. It's exactly because there's cctv in enough places that they were able to get his photo from the one moment he lowered his mask at t
by griffzhowl 2y ago
Well, it's not really luck. It's exactly because there's cctv in enough places that they were able to get his photo from the one moment he lowered his mask at the hostel, but even more significantly that they were able to piece together his movements enough to be able to suspect that the guy at the hostel was the same one that carried out the shooting. Then it was a matter of distributing the photo and hope someone recognizes him. And offering the reward ofc. Very simple but not luck.
- autoexec 2y agoIt still came to down to a crappy photo from a security cam and not the drones, internet surveillance, or facial recognition software in constant use against us. This crime could have been solved the exact same way in the 1980s. The only difference being that the guy's picture would have been distributed over the 6 o'clock news instead of the internet.
- altcognito 2y agoSecurity cameras were not nearly as prevalent in the 80's.
- shiroiushi 2y agoTheir picture quality was also much worse.
- OccamsMirror 2y agoNot only were security cameras not as prevalent as they are now, they had terrible video quality. We'd have an extremely grainy grey photo of a face. Not enough to visually recognise him later.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoIt wasn't just the one crappy photo where he lowered his mask - the taxicab photos were quite clear even if they just showed his eyes. And they also made use of other tech, like the fact that the Citibike has GPS.