{"id":2203426,"date":"2024-03-21T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lego-halts-california-police-department-from-using-toy-heads-to-protect-suspect-identities\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:09:54","slug":"lego-halts-california-police-department-from-using-toy-heads-to-protect-suspect-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lego-halts-california-police-department-from-using-toy-heads-to-protect-suspect-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego stops California police from using toy heads to shield suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flego-halts-california-police-department-from-using-toy-heads-to-protect-suspect-identities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2203426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California\u2062 Police Cease\u200d Using \u200cLego Heads to Shield Suspects&#8217; Identities<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Murrieta Police\u200c Department in California has declared that it \u200dwill discontinue the practice of using Lego heads to obscure the identities of suspects in photos, following a complaint from the Lego Group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Compliance with State Law<\/h3>\n<p>The Murrieta Police Department had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-allies-caught-photoshopping-photos-of-joe-to-make-him-appear-younger\/\" title=\"Biden allies caught altering photos to make him look younger.\">altering photos<\/a> as \u2062per Assembly \u2062Bill 994 and Penal Code 13665, which prohibit the \u2062sharing of suspect photos for nonviolent \u200coffenses. Lt. Jeremy Durrant revealed that the Lego Group had raised concerns over this unique editing approach.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pac-blasts-trump-for-fight-with-iowa-governor\/\" title=\"DeSantis PAC criticizes Trump over clash with Iowa governor.\">social media\u200c post<\/a>, the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-blame-icy-roads-for-massive-crash-in-texas-involving-at-least-80-cars\/\" title=\"Authorities blame icy roads for massive crash in Texas involving at least 80 cars\">department emphasized<\/a> its commitment to transparency with the community \u2062while respecting the rights of all individuals, including\u2063 suspects. The \u200bdecision to\u2062 cover suspects&#8217; faces with Lego heads was\u200b a creative attempt to align with the new law.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Reaction and Speculation<\/h3>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-media-companies-including-disney-warnermedia-comcast-paramount-to-run-glaad-ad-promoting-transgenderism\/\" title=\"Major Media Companies Including Disney, Warnermedia, Comcast, &#038; Paramount to Run GLAAD Ad Promoting Transgenderism\">department aimed<\/a> to \u2062protect\u2063 suspects&#8217; identities,\u2062 social media \u2064users largely ridiculed the Lego-headed photos. Some speculated that the department&#8217;s editing style was a satirical response to the\u200d stringent legislation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is what California\u200d is\u200b up \u2064to these days. Respeck to the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-pd-releases-photo-of-rv-that-exploded-christmas-morning-asks-the-public-for-help\/\" title=\"Nashville PD Releases Photo of RV That Exploded Christmas Morning, Asks the Public For Help\">police department<\/a> for mocking \u2064the law with the Lego\u200b heads, tho.<\/p>\n<footer>&#8211; Sean Fitzgerald (Actual Justice \u200dWarrior) (@IamSean90) March 20, 2024<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Embracing Emoji Cover-ups<\/h3>\n<p>Looking \u200cahead, Lt. Durrant hinted at a potential shift \u200dto using emojis to \u2063conceal suspects&#8217; faces instead of Lego heads. The Washington Examiner reached out to the Lego\u2064 Group for further insights on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Lego&#8217;s complaint, the Murrieta Police Department in California ceases using Lego heads to obscure suspects&#8217; identities in photos. The department had been altering images to abide by a state law prohibiting the sharing of suspects&#8217; photos for nonviolent offenses. Lt. Jeremy confirms the discontinuation of this practice in response to the toy company&#8217;s concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2203427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/d274506bf8555fca765484ec4b5306b7.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/d274506bf8555fca765484ec4b5306b7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}