Police Credit Google Street View For Helping Catch Drug Ring
from the you're-on-google-camera dept
Following on our recent story of police using Google Street View to give them a lead in a stolen car incident, comes another report, sent in by Joshy, of a heroin dealing ring in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who was dealing on the streets out in the open -- and also were caught on Google Street View images:
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Re: Re: How did google help the police. ?
I t does not say ANYWHERE there that the NYPD used the google pic to support the testomony. Clerly the pic itself shows nothing, just some people standing in front of a shop... What else does it prove ?
Yes I did read the original article, and Mike interpretation of it, but unlike you I actually read what is said !!!.
Unless you can show me a quote that supports you claim, or supports Mikes claim then STFU, because really all your doing is drinking the Mike cool aid, and cannot seem to think for yourself !!. sorry, but thats the way it is..
No one can explain, why google 'helped' the police, when its is clear that with or without google they would have been caught, and google had nothing to do with it..
I tell you what though, I would not like to be a google streetview guy going into those area's now, knowing that they are the unofficial 'police'. without guns !!! :)
good luck with that..
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