The Cops Use YouTube
Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:46 am
Police find murder suspect via YouTube video
Man turns self in after surveillance tape posted online garners 30,000 views
Updated: 2 hours, 9 minutes ago
TORONTO - A video posted on the ultra-popular Web site YouTube has helped Canadian police find a man they believe responsible for a murder.
Police in the Southern Ontario city of Hamilton said Thursday that they uploaded a one-minute, 12-second clip from a surveillance tape onto the video-sharing YouTube site.
The video, which showed suspects arriving at a local nightclub for a Sean Price hip-hop concert, garnered media attention and was viewed more than 30,000 times.
“This is the first time Hamilton police have utilized video Web posting in an investigation, and to the best of its knowledge, the first time that law enforcement has ever used it as a direct investigative tool,” Staff Sgt. Jorge Lasso told a news conference.
George Gallow, 24, of Hamilton, who is seen in the clip wearing a baseball cap with the word “JOKER” on the front, turned himself into police Tuesday and has been charged with second degree murder and attempted murder.
Gallow is accused of stabbing Ryan Milner, 22, and his friend, whom police did not name, in a parking lot after the November concert.
Police said Milner died shortly after being stabbed in the chest. His friend is still recovering.
“(There is) little doubt that the extra media generated by the use of YouTube contributed to the fact that this man turned himself in,” Lasso said.
Police said they turned to YouTube due to its popularity with young people. Most of the concert-goers were in their late teens or early 20s.
Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:09 pm
That's pretty big, I mean does it violate some laws? Very imaginative though.
Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:59 pm
I cant see why it would violate laws, they show video surveillance tapes on tv all the time to catch crooks. It's a great idea.
Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:47 am
Tuomas wrote:That's pretty big, I mean does it violate some laws? Very imaginative though.
Absoutely not. It is actually a great idea considering a lot of stupid people do stupid things and tape it so they can put it onto the internet. This could be a great tool to catch some retards in action.
Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:36 am
Riot wrote:Tuomas wrote:That's pretty big, I mean does it violate some laws? Very imaginative though.
Absoutely not. It is actually a great idea considering a lot of stupid people do stupid things and tape it so they can put it onto the internet. This could be a great tool to catch some retards in action.
That's pretty much how I feel too.