This reminds me of the British Post Office Scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
Yeah but they haven’t made the Fargo police chief an honorary senator yet, which is basically what they did with Vennells.
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#202> facial recognition showed she was the main suspect in what Fargo police called an organized bank fraud case. > Her bank records showed she was more than 1,200 miles away, at home in Tennessee at the same time police claimed she was in Fargo committing fraud. > Unable to pay her bills from jail, she lost her home, her car and even her dog
The Fargo DA should be fired, at a minimum.
The prosecutors and judges around here are incredibly lenient for the worst crimes and anything involving reckless driving.
https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/no-jail-time-for-m...
https://www.kvrr.com/2025/11/03/no-jail-time-for-man-accused...
https://apnews.com/general-news-fff59b609215476a9251edb91923...
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2021/05/21/moorhead-man-sente...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Holmberg
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/11/18/former-clay-county...
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
A lawsuit is exactly what matters. They learn only the hard way, and no other way. If you want them to not be ridiculous, a lawsuit with large punitive damages is the only practical way to get there.
I disagree. The city or state gets sued and they pay the result from the taxpayer funds and literally nobody learns anything, especially not the hard way. Everyone is so completely divorced, and in some cases immune, from consequences that this will change nothing.
After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods. It's the taxpayer funds, but it's not an endless supply of money. Cities and states have their own budgets.
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#205Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. The city or state gets sued and they pay the result from the taxpayer funds and literally nobody learns anything, especially not the hard way. Everyone is so completely divorced, and in some cases immune, from consequences that this will change nothing.
After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods. It's the taxpayer funds, but it's not an endless supply of money. Cities and states have their own budgets.
There’s a heck of a lot of individual cities and states. Their ability to remain solvent is greater than your ability to stay out of jail.
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#206Facial recognition? looks at photo I've probably seen a dozen different people who look exactly like this woman just this week.
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#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
The “I” in “AI” stands for “intelligence”. Cops are using AI facial recognition because it is being sold to them as being smarter and better than what they are currently capable of. Why are we then surprised that they aren’t second-guessing the technology?
Because they are supposed to possess minimum levels of intelligence found in homo sapiens, which includes not believing anything a salesperson says. Also, their whole job is dealing with people who constantly lie to them.
There are two things occurring here.
Police get raises and recognition for closing cases. In general they don't care if you're guilty or not, that's someone else's problem. Same with the detective, same with the DA. The more cases they close they 'tougher they are on crime'.
The next thing occurring is
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#208This is exactly what I would expect from the great state of ND.
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#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. The city or state gets sued and they pay the result from the taxpayer funds and literally nobody learns anything, especially not the hard way. Everyone is so completely divorced, and in some cases immune, from consequences that this will change nothing.
After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods. It's the taxpayer funds, but it's not an endless supply of money. Cities and states have their own budgets.
> After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods
You'd think, but watching how many millions my local police department and city paid out every single year leads me to believe they just don't care.
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#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably picked up by animal control as abandoned and euthanized.
That’s really horrible. I’d prefer to know rather than guess at that.
It's pretty common when a dog is abandoned. Likely her children couldn't afford to care for it. I suppose there is a chance they put it up for adoption (same outcome is likely).