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> A video of a man dropping a bag which then exploded -- it doesn't take a professional to guess he's involved. If it's so obvious as you make it seem, then wh
by chimeracoder 14y ago
> A video of a man dropping a bag which then exploded -- it doesn't take a professional to guess he's involved.
If it's so obvious as you make it seem, then what's the benefit of having the public involved?
Remember that there's a cost to making information public - for just one example, it can be bad to let the suspect know how close enforcement is to catching them. (eg. The Cambridge police department stopped tweeting updates when they realized that they were probably just passing on information to the suspect.)
- just2n 14y agoSure, and the cases where it's particularly useful is when there's a lot of data and nothing is incredibly cut and dry. Or in finding the people after they've been identified (which is why the FBI released the photos on Thursday even though it looks like they had the evidence for > 36 hours). It turned out not to be too useful here given the identification process was trivial and the suspects started a crime spree the next day. This isn't always the case.