From @kashhill’s piece on facial recognition: "detectives in Alabama and Florida who collaborate with the bureau at real-time crime centers said they had identified possible rioters using Clearview and sent them to the F.B.I.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
An “image search” does not get you from one image of a suspect to a completely different photo of a suspect wearing a different outfit, (even if he is wearing the same hat).
Grady Owens was arrested in Florida today. The affidavit in his case directly credits @SeditionHunters with finding clearer pictures of Owens, who authorities say attacked an officer with a skateboard. justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
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A detention hearing for Daniel Rodriguez is now underway in a California courtroom. Rodriguez has waved his appearance, and a lawyer is representing him. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
NEW: Daniel Rodriguez — who electroshocked D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone — has been ordered detained ahead of trial. Defense didn’t put up a fight. Judge cites video evidence, and orders Rodriguez transported to D.C. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
It was a pretty quick hearing. The government proffered video that shows Rodriguez using electroshock weapon as well as pretrial report recommending detention.
ICYMI: Danny “DJ” Rodriguez was arrested yesterday. He electroshocked DC Police Officer Mike Fanone, who suffered a heart attack. The FBI received tips about him in January, but it wasn’t until HuffPost made an inquiry that they contacted a key witness: huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
Here’s our February 26 story, which was built on the excellent sleuthing work of the #SeditionHunters network. A federal grand jury indicted DJ Rodriguez on March 24, and he was arrested yesterday. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
Read the eight-count indictment here, and stay tuned for Rodriguez’s bail hearing this afternoon: m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60…
BREAKING: MAGA fanatic D.J. Rodriquez, who tasered D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone during the Capitol insurrection, was arrested today in Fontana, California.
"The FBI received tips about Rodriguez in January, including one from a man Rodriguez assaulted on video at a Los Angeles-area rally. But it wasn’t until hours after HuffPost contacted the bureau… that the tipster heard from an FBI special agent.” huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
This trial of white St. Louis police officers charged with beating a Black undercover officer (who they thought was a protester) started with an all white jury over prosecutor’s objections. One alternate jury was subbed in last week, leaving an overwhelmingly white jury in place.
NEW: HuffPost, working with citizen sleuths, has identified a man out on bail on an attempted murder charge as a likely suspect in the Capitol attack. Story with @JessReports:
Matthew Beddingfield of North Carolina is out on bail on an attempted murder charge. He went to the Million MAGA March with his dad, who came back again on Jan. 6 to — as he wrote on Facebook — “take this country back from those commie bastards." huffpost.com/entry/facial-r…