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Man arrested in Oviedo [Florida] for smashing fake police Flock camera (www.wftv.com)
submitted 3 days ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Imagine all that effort put into catching someone smashing a stupid camera, it could've been used on a pedophile or something.

You've been warned, they're high on the lookout for Flock vandals now.

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[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 81 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How can they charge him with destroying computer equipment if the camera was fake?

Bullshit charge

Does he have a bail fund?

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 75 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Meyer faces charges of grand theft, criminal mischief causing at least $1,000 in damage and damaging computer or electronic equipment.

Furthermore, nothing was stolen, so charging him with both grand theft and criminal mischief seems like a duplication of charges. Also, a fake camera is surely not worth over $1,000.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its a "throw the scary book" level of charges that look good on a press release.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And also trying to pressure him into a plea deal by offering to drop some of these bogus charges if he pleads guilty to one or two real charges. (They really don't want this one going up in front of a jury trial.)

[–] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago

Its not like one of the most unified sentiments right now for everyone is a shared hatred of flock cameras

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

It was a fake camera, but it was made of gold for some reason 🤷‍♂️

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

It's Florida the facts are how they decide they are