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A Denver woman says she was falsely accused of stealing a package after a Flock camera allegedly linked her to a theft at a home in another Colorado town.

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... From that moment, Elser said she set out to prove her innocence.

She gathered evidence showing she was elsewhere when the theft occurred. While she had driven through Bow Mar that day, she said she never stopped and was on her way to a tailor to have a dress fitted.

Only after presenting that evidence to the Columbine Valley Police Department was the summons against her dismissed.

In an email, the department acknowledged her efforts to prove her innocence, writing, "nicely done btw (by the way)," and informing her that no further action would be taken.

Elser told NewsNation she and her husband are still waiting to see evidence showing how investigators connected the person captured on camera to her vehicle, even though she merely drove through town.

"In that video, the person was visibly younger and they were just going off screen," Elser said. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-19 04:20 PM | Reply

@#1 ... Elser told NewsNation she and her husband are still waiting to see evidence showing how investigators connected the person captured on camera to her vehicle, even though she merely drove through town. ...

My guess would be that an AI system was involved in the misidentification.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-19 04:21 PM | Reply

I saw this story on youtube about a year ago. The extremely smug cop treated her as if there was no possible way he could be wrong. He told her he was 100% certain it was her and was trying to get her to say something that could be viewed as incriminating. She ended up finding the video of the theft on one of those doorbell camera sites. There was no vehicle seen in the video. Her and the thief both had blond hair but The thief had clearly different facial structure, different build and was considerably younger in appearance.
Cops are trained liars. Don't believe them. Don't offer them any cooperation without an attorney present even if you feel 100% certain you have not broken the law. They will lie and twist your words. If they come to your property without a warrant then tell them to leave.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-20 12:45 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Flock this ----

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-20 02:04 AM | Reply

Yep cops are scum and they all know it, and their wives and kids have the bruises to prove it.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2026-07-20 08:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This is how police normally operate these days.

One wonders how long White Americans will put up with being treated like they're Black.

My guess is: For a long time.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-21 07:38 PM | Reply

#6 | Posted by snoofy

But you love the CO police when they arrest a black man for shooting an ICE detainee.... Did I get that right?

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-21 08:03 PM | Reply

Tell us more about O.J. Simpson

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-21 08:03 PM | Reply

They will lie and twist your words.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-20 12:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

Unless they're arresting a black man for killing an immigrant...

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-21 08:06 PM | Reply

Tell us more about O.J. Simpson
#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds

O.J. Simpson? Not a Jew.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-21 08:21 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Cops are trained liars. Don't believe them.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

I was in a courthouse in rural VA a few months ago, and a defendant was challenging a moving violation charge. Cop gave his testimony. Defendant, in court, said the cop was lying, the cop knew it, the defendant could prove it ... pulling no punches. "Cops are liars," in court, under oath.

The judge let the man go on for a few minutes, smiled, reduced his sentence. No suggestion he be quiet or that he was out of line or that he was wrong.

After receiving his reduced sentence, guy stormed out of the court, complaining the whole way about the lying cops. No bailiff approached him.

It's the US judicial system. Not the justice system.

#11 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-21 09:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1


O.J. Simpson? Not a Jew.

#10 | Posted by snoofy

The black man was jewish? Right up your alley Snoofy.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-21 09:35 PM | Reply


Cops are trained liars. Don't believe them.
#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

idk watching cop cams, I can honestly say thats not a job I would want. I get paid 3-6X and I don't have to put up with the emotional stress of that position, idk how they do it day in and day out; Americans are so disrespectful.

The general public is probably fine, but some of the people they have to deal with are monsters. Prison is too good for them IMHO.

We can't have nice things because those 0.1% of the population destroy the idea of a civil society, and there's very little can do.

Someone at work mentioned an interesting factoid. Boomers had all this social safety net without paying for it. Babysitters, nice neighborhoods, walk in the city, parents lived nearby, parks. Today you need to pay for everything that makes the world nice while living in a city, where you pay close to 45-50% taxes. Private schools, private gyms, daycare, expensive weekend get-aways....

Incredible, I would have loved to live in America in the 80s and 90's... seems magical.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-21 09:41 PM | Reply

The judge let the man go on for a few minutes, smiled, reduced his sentence. No suggestion he be quiet or that he was out of line or that he was wrong.

This is my argument about complying; the judicial system seems to work, just comply and go to court.


I was in a courthouse in rural VA a few months ago, and a defendant was challenging a moving violation charge. Cop gave his testimony. Defendant, in court, said the cop was lying, the cop knew it, the defendant could prove it ... pulling no punches. "Cops are liars," in court, under oath.

I find it strange you didn't articulate the proof .... I kind of feel like your story was BS given you wrote so much yet produced no evidence.

#14 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-21 09:44 PM | Reply

"Cops are trained liars. Don't believe them. Don't offer them any cooperation without an attorney present even if you feel 100% certain you have not broken the law."

-- more hotsauce

And don't get me started on the cop-commonwealth attorney-criminal defense attorney industrial complex. I've determined that, for criminal defense, such attorneys have the following priorities:

1. Reputation of their own firm
2. Reputation of their friends' firms
3. Long-term relationship with the Commonwealth Attorney's office, with whom they must negotiate perpetually
4. Client's needs

Don't think that just because one has representation, that costly representation is working in one's best interests.

Oh, minor issue: Being remanded to "driver improvement school," and the instructor just happens to be the brother or cousin of the sentencing judge. And the issuing officer was likely filling a quota.

Money and justice.

#15 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-22 10:11 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#13

It's sad that you think the worthless piece of crap pigs are worthy of the slightest bit of respect.

They're liars, they're thieves, they're murderers. The only good cop is a dead cop. They are the 0.1% that destroys the idea of a civil society. They're garbage scum.

ACAB means all.

#16 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-07-22 10:58 AM | Reply


*Unless its the stout Irishmen on the NYPD ESU (SWAT Team) arresting the detestable ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu the moment his El Al jumbo jet lands on the tarmac at JFKIA in Sep 2026 when he tries to slime his way to the UN to bleat his lies at the international community.

Otherwise, ACAB.

#17 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-22 11:30 AM | Reply

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