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wtfjapan
There has not been a single wrongful arrest.
yeah right, what about forced confessions does that count as a wrongful arrest, oops sorry forgot forced confession = guilty as charged , case closed.
mmwkdw
Big Koban is watching you ?
gogogo
...that you know of... 99% conviction rate will do that.
Mocheake
Yeah. Sure. The funny thing is, I bet if you interview the average Japanese on the street, a large percentage of them will actually believe this garbage.
AgentX
99% of the population avoids eye contact...
Speed
How ya doing, Big Brother?
Sha
This and fax machines.... oh Japan.
Michael G
Police Captain addressing the on-duty officers: "The guy we're looking for has almond-shaped dark eyes with black eyelashes and black eyebrows. Find him and arrest him." Police start arresting each other.
therougou
But they managed to get a kid killed when they thought he was a fugitive and started chasing him.
NCIS Reruns
Eh, memory, schmemory. Crooks typically give themselves away by averting their eyes when they see a cop, and knowing this, cops are on the lookout accordingly.
Cricky
And if they are wearing one of these new masks?
Not one wrongful arrest? Doubt that.
afanofjapan
I guarantee that it just means nobody has managed to endure the forced confession attempts, or been successful in their appeal against the charges, using frivolous excuses like DNA or alibis.
maybeperhapsyes
How can this go wrong?
I am truely scared of the police here. I won't ask then for the time of day because I know it can go very wrong at any time.
thepersoniamnow
Uhhhh yeah the police convicting you because he is convinced he burned your eyes into his or her memory...no thanks!
JPolice need to rely on better evidence as it is. This is a great idea...50 years ago.
AgentX
Interesting. I had to double check that I hadn't stumbled across The Onion as I read through this. But... sources checked and this is all accurate and legit info. Yes, folks - this is actually how the police catch criminals here. Japan really is unique after all!
Insane Wayne
Fascinating , but why not use it for missing persons too?