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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. I'm no expert on the subject, but I don't think you're fingerprinted until the time of arrest.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 22, 2022, 12:15 PM

Mar 2022

In situations covered by the class-action lawsuit, the people whose samples are unwittingly being taken are only "possible suspects." They are being interviewed, but they have not been arrested.

The police are proceeding on the premise that these are the sort of people who will probably commit a crime someday, so let's be proactive and collect their DNA now.

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Class-action lawsuit targets NYPD practice of secretly collecting DNA [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 OP

How is this different from gathering and storing fingerprints? Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #1

I'm no expert on the subject, but I don't think you're fingerprinted until the time of arrest. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #2

Evidence and the rules discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #3