March 28, 2005
We Don't Do That Here
blindfold suspects
Two men sit blindfolded and hand cuffed in the back of a police car as they are arrested in central Baghdad. An Iraqi man who was formally kidnapped saw the men and recognized them as his abductors.(AFP/Sabah Arar) @
~American police will be doing this soon? Will American newspapers be reluctant to print photos of blindfolded American suspects? The 'perp-walk' has almost disappeared as a staple of front page news and tv reports, replaced by mugshots of the perp. Criminals enjoyed it a little too much? Viewers too readily confused the suspects with celebrities?
Posted by Cieciel at March 28, 2005 10:52 AM