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It’s something that most of us can only imagine in our darkest nightmares. Being arrested or vilified by the press for a crime that we didn’t commit. It’s the stuff of Academy Award–winning dramas and Franz Kafka novels. It’s also something that happens more often than we’d like to think. The following people come from all walks of life. Some are rich, some are poor. Some are white, some are Middle Eastern, East Asian, or Hispanic. The one thing they have in common is that circumstances conspired to make them appear guilty of a terrible crime they had nothing to do with. Think it couldn’t happen to you? This list suggests we should think again. ....
What do Chuck Norris, an MMA fighter from Baltimore and a neo-Nazi from Tennessee have in common? Amateur internet detectives identified each one as a participant in the storming of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. Each suspected participant was then harassed online. And each subsequently could prove he was hundreds of miles away at the time of the riot. The misidentifications were hiccups in the massive crowdsource effort that may be among the largest internet-based manhunts in history. The FBI said this week it has collected more than 100,000 digital photos, videos and fragments of social media in an effort to track down and charge participants in the riot. ....
We talked about a little bit today, our defamation laws allow us to bring a cause of action. they also had the right to privacy violated. we have account for negligent affliction of emotional distress. all of those are viable claims. i m sorry? okay. bill barrett, you are the attorney for yassine zaimi, thank you for coming on the show. thank you. we ll be right back with click 3. and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she s got the citi simplicity card. it doesn t charge late fees or a penalty rate. ever. as in never ever. now about that parking ticket. [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card is the only card that never has late fees, a penalty rate, or an annual fee, ever. go to citi.com/simplicity to apply. ....