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sadly flock ended up being helpful here (according to the police per the article). also interesting that it was some random homeless guy who happened to be there that blew the whole thing wide open. despite all of the surveillance...

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How can you not read this and just see it's a huge puff piece for Flock. As far as I can read from the first article and reports they were not pivotal in tracking down the killer. It was once again only someone else who knew that person and came forward, exactly the same as Tyler Robison case

"Phil Helsel Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said a person who had information about the suspect played a crucial role in the case."

The commentor you are replying to is likely in support of Flock.

lol why do you say that?

The police state in the article it was helpful in linking the crimes. What evidence do you have to contradict their testimony?

The other article that is directly contrary to what was stated. Actually, almost every other article covering this story mentions nothing about flock and this article in particular spends more time talking about flock and the company profile rather than the tragedy that occurred

Was it helpful? The man committed two shootings and they caught him after he committed suicide. It didn't prevent a crime.

It connected the two incidents per license plate readings per the article. Why do you think it wasn’t?

My question is how many other license plates also would have been connected this way? What's the false positive rate?

Why is that relevant for this case?

If there's any claim that "flock found these two plates were seen in both areas!!111" then how many other plates were seen in both areas in the same timeframe? How much of this is throwing away results that disagree with the narrative?

Again, not sure how that’s relevant.

Who ever credibly claims that cameras prevent crime though?

He may have only committed suicide once he knew they were closing in.

> some random homeless guy

Was he homeless? I haven't seen that mentioned in the articles.

New York Post states it in a YouTube video titled 'All About Brown, MIT Shooting Suspect Claudio Neves Valente – who BARKED During Massacre'.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386706790112

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