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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

Body camera footage obtained by 404 Media shows a police officer explaining why he used police databases and license plate reader cameras to research, stalk, and pull over a woman he met on the set of a TV show. "I mean, I saw a shiny thing, teasing and all that," the cop said in the footage. "I knew that when I put that [into the system], I was like ‘Fuck.’"

'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Womanhttps://www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shiny-thing-cop-explains-why-he-used-license-plate-reader-to-stalk-woman/Open linkView original on lemmy.today
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Wrenreply
lemmy.today

That got me too. "Thing" in particular. The fact that he wasn't ashamed to go on record calling her a thing.

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velmareply
sh.itjust.works

It's enough for his coworkers to defend him apparently. Ugh.

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MsPenguinette
lemmy.world

Wouldn’t be surprised if the percentage of cops stalking women makes 40% look like a small number

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velmareply
sh.itjust.works

Especially since that 40% statistic is self-reported. It’s certainly much higher.

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Grimy
lemmy.world

"Please explain your disgusting behavior"

"Well you see, she's basically an object. I'm like a crow spotting a sexy silver dollar, just have to have it haha. Get what I mean?"

Jfc

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Phoenixz
lemmy.ca

We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'

Well alrighty then, that should settle it, no ?

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