By Gangsters Inc. Editors
911 is our lifeline. If things go bad and we, our loved ones or complete strangers need help, we call that number. But what if police were using that call to place you on top of their suspect list? A recent investigative piece on ProPublica discovered law enforcement and prosecutors use a new junk science to determine when 911 callers are actually guilty of the crimes they are reporting.
Tracy Harpster, a deputy police chief from suburban Dayton, Ohio, based his business on this “science” and tours the nation spreading it among law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. “I know what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend sounds like,” he once said.
READ: They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.
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