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FC: Computer system tells cops to arrest innocent people
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:25:36 -0500
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:33:45 -0500 (EST) From: "K. M. Ellis" <protozoa () tux org> To: <declan () well com> Subject: Computer system tells cops to arrest innocent people (fwd) http://www.theregister.co.uk/000118-000020.html Computer system tells cops to arrest innocent people "Providence, Rhode Island police were forced to stop arresting people because their shiny new law enforcement network system was telling them to grab innocent people. According to the Providence Journal when the new system went operational police found it had caused them to arrest eight people by mistake."
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