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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
I appreciate your reply but I don't see how it being live and it being recorded really made a difference. Creep catchers has shown video to the police before and have been told over and over they can't do anything with the video. Why would it matter if it was broadcast live and the police were called? You don't need numerous witnesses to a live video if you have it recorded which they always do.
The police were called several times for other guys and shown recorded video and other evidence.
I guess he hasn't been charged yet but the arrest is a little mysterious to me since they have always proclaimed what these guys are doing would not be enough for a conviction and that was their excuse for not doing anything about the other guys.
The evidence must have been significant but I don't buy that there hasn't been another case where the evidence was at least similar. I think the police have not charged anyone before because they don't want to send the message that what these guys doing is right or want to encourage vigilante justice.
I'm sure some reporter will ask them the same questions and I am interested in their answer.
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So from what I understand the reason why live streaming made a difference is that it created numerous witnesses some of whom were able to positively ID the guy right away. The police attended and arrested him within a short span. Plus the guy was sending info for weeks to the decoy. In previous cases I'm assuming there wasn't as much evidence or the method of obtaining it was flawed.
In any event, I'm glad they caught this guy.