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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Man, I really hate to be a harsh critic but this guy is such a wimp (gasp!). I mean, come on, some bozo kicks in his door, and he compliments him in an article and blurs his face in the picture
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My best guess is that the victim didn't want to incur slander/defamation charges if the person the laptop was recovered from was in fact a buyer of stolen goods. Even if the guy was the burglar, the victim might be liable for invasion of privacy.
I'm really not sure about that, though.
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And when my car runs a red light camera, why do they send me the ticket, they can't prove I was the driver?
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Ha! Traffic court doesn't work like that. You're guilty until proven innocent. Whether it is a police officer or a camera, you have less credibility than the court's sources. They count on the fact that it will be more expensive for you plead innocent and hire a lawyer than to just pay the ticket. Justice is one thing, generating revenue is quite another, as far as the agencies concerned care.