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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by witten to c/memes
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[–] witten 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I think you're probably misinterpreting the quote. Here's the reporting on this from the NYT:

Mayor Eric Adams said Friday morning that the investigation was “on the right track.” In an interview on Spectrum News NY1, the mayor added: “This person was fully masked, and we used good old-fashioned police work to come up with the picture you have.”

I think what the mayor is saying here is that because the alleged killer was masked, the cops actually had to do some detective work, canvas door-to-door maybe, pull security footage, that sort of thing. It wasn't just a case of sitting back and running facial recognition on the killer like something outta CSI.

Unless you're thinking of a different quote.

[–] Bunnylux 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That was the quote. Thanks, I really did not understand that. I mean, if the guy was "fully masked", they wouldn't have a face shot. He should have said he was "mostly masked".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

I assume they meant full masked during the shooting, but if there are enough cameras you can follow where someone originated from before they put their mask on and grab a image of their face from maybe a dozen streets away half an hour before the shooting.

[–] witten 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah I can see how the quote is super misleading.