casey stegall joins us from texas. it sounds like the suspect s wife is in jail as well. yes. it s possible. we know more people are behind bars as well as you heard the sheriff saying that was a little bit of a surprise to us. although there was some indication last night that if they find out people were aiding and abetting, hiding this criminal as this manhunt was underway that those people could face charges so that s possible as well so we just got that update from officials over in liberty county. they just wrapped that up. all of the a agencies involved also taking a little bit of a victory lap. now that the manhunt is officially over. and with little fanfare, i might add. the 38-year-old alleged gunman didn t put up a fight. francisco oropesa found hiding under a closet in a pile of clothes not far from the crime scene itself. the suspect will appear before a court later today by video conference from jail. this all came to an end after a tip was called in and then
now on bbc news, our world: facial recognition fighting crime? across america, police are increasingly using facial recognition technology to fight crime. speaks spanish. can you open the door? you want law enforcement to have more tools at our disposal, not less. images can be fed into a database to search for matches and track people down but critics argue the use of this technology is opaque and could be inaccurate. if law enforcement knows how accurate that is, how come they are fighting so hard to keep that information from us when we ask for it? why won t they share it? i m james clayton and i m investigating whether the police should be using this controversial tech. the technology itself is harmful. it is too dangerous and that is just a massive threat to civil liberties in this nation. march, 2017. andrew conlyn is driving with a friend. i think we made about 1.5 miles into a 30 mile trip. andrew is in the front passenger seat, his friend is driving. and he s proba
congress. merrick garland answered questions about everything from gun violence to tech giants to child labor and much more. he gave an early sign that he would not go into detail about some of the justice department s most politically fraught investigations. that includes the classified dork found at the home of current and former president it requires as much as possible we speak to our work and our filings in court so we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations and the civil liberties of our citizens. as expected, the attorney general received his toughest questions from republicans. texas senator ted cruz slammed garland for failing to arrest any protester opposed to the overturning of roe v. wade who demonstrated outside the homes of some supreme court justices. in my judgment, the department of justice has been politicized to the greatest extent i ve ever seen. i vigorously disagree. i believe the men and women of the department pursue their wor
if law enforcement knows how accurate that is, how come they are fighting so hard to keep that information from us when we ask for it? why won t they share it? i m james clayton, and i m investigating whether the police should be using this controversial tech. the technology itself is harmful. it is too dangerous and that is just a massive threat to civil liberties in this nation. march, 2017. andrew conlyn is driving with a friend. i think we made about 1.5 miles into a 30 mile trip. andrew is in the front passenger seat, his friend is driving. and he s probably hitting 80, 90. i m saying, you know, slow down . it was falling on deaf ears i don t think he responded at all so i basically reached the conclusion that somebody was going to die that night. sirens wail does your fire extinguisher work? it s out? i used it all up - i can t put the fire out. sirens wail watch out. the car has hit a tree. the driver was thrown into bushes nearby. he died from his injuries. i m
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