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So it's looking like the nypd bungled the investigation into the Adjuster. (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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It's going to be a week and they've yet to release his name even though they lied and said they knew it yesterday. Given this much of a head start, HOPEFULLY, he could be anywhere in the world rn.

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[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 64 points 2 weeks ago

but also negates the police’s camera tracking software that can identify people based on their gait.

Not going to argue execution wasn't good, but c'mon. This is about as real as the rest of their shit

[-] JayTreeman@hexbear.net 70 points 2 weeks ago

Most forensics is junk. Doesn't mean it isn't used though. Do I trust software to do that? No. I can identify my friends and family by their walk though.

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 51 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, once you notice it, everybody walks just a little bit funny. Gait detection is one of the only bits of social (as in people, bullet forensics is usually solid) forensics that I can believe whatsoever

[-] JayTreeman@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

It's valid enough that watching someone walk is used for medical diagnosis

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

it is used to diagnose problems with their gait, not like cancer or crisis of identity

[-] JayTreeman@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

It's used to diagnose neurological conditions.

[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 2 weeks ago

Anecdotal, but I used to know someone with prosopagnosia (face blindness). They'd frequently identify people from further away than I could, partially due to their gait, whereas I had to wait until I could make out their face.

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's me, your friend! I can often identify people from behind, better than face-to-face, because the face will just cause a distraction for me to identify. Height, clothes/style, gait, body shape, voice, etc... all of these things are put together quickly for identifying someone, as the face is tricksy to my brain

[-] Commiejones@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago

Its also really easy to modify your gait. Put a rock in your shoe.

[-] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

"Little Brother" readers unite.

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't say they wouldn't use it, just that there is no reason you would have to "negate" it. It is clearly just more computer phrenology meant to get jurors to agree to convict. It's not like there's a gait database tied to individuals out there