Ssh Official in Oahu
We're not protecting suspects. We're protecting the victim's chance at justice. When we blur a face in a serious report, some of you ask why we are protecting the person who did it. We get it. We feel it too. Here's the truth. SSH wants every victim to have the best possible chance at real justice. That is how we run Stolen Stuff Hawaii, every post and every search. We don't always blur faces. But in sensitive cases like sexual assault, where the victim has not yet identified who did it, we handle it with gloves on: as carefully as we can, and with respect for what the victim needs. In those cases the face stays blurred until police announce an arrest or charges, or ask the public to help identify someone. When people go too far, they hurt the very victim they want to help: 1. The identification. Police often still need the victim to identify who did it. If a face is all over social media first, the defense can argue the victim remembered a post, not the person. 2. The witnesses. People who read the comments start "remembering" things they never saw. Every mismatch becomes a tool for the defense. 3. Threats and damage. Threatening someone, showing up at their home, damaging their property: those are crimes. They bring new charges on the people doing it. 4. The jury. A mob can make a suspect look like the victim, and give the defense reasons to move the trial or challenge every juror. 5. The victim's side. If people close to the victim go after the suspect, the defense can say the accusation is about anger, not facts. 6. The wrong person. If it's not them, someone innocent pays, and the person who did it is still out there. Blurring is not protecting a suspect. It is protecting the case, so that if they did it, it holds up in court. If you truly respect the victim, do the right thing. Send what you know to police with the report number. Don't approach, don't threaten, and don't post anyone's address. Mahalo for caring this much. Let's make sure justice sticks. sshcrimefighter.com - sshsearch.com - sshreport.com - sshintel.com Michael Kitchens Founder & Creator Stolen Stuff Hawaii #hawaii #stolenstuffhawaii #oahu #communitysafety