Oh snap!
Lego delivers a polite but ton of bricks to California police, saying they will stop attaching digital toy heads to suspects’ faces to comply with woke state laws protecting the rights of criminals I asked.
Murrieta police posted a hilarious image of a suspect’s face replaced with a Lego head after the state Legislature passed a bill banning the publication of mugshots or photo bookings of people accused of non-violent crimes. It became a hot topic.
But the toy giant isn’t fooling around and wants to stop distributors from using the cute portraits.
“The LEGO Group has contacted us and respectfully asked us not to use LEGO Group intellectual property in our social media content. Of course we understand that and intend to comply,” police said. said Officer Jeremy Durant. told Fox News Digital.
“We are currently exploring other ways to continue publishing content in ways that are engaging and interesting for our followers,” he added to the outlet.
An image posted on the department’s Instagram page shows Brock digitally superimposed with a variety of facial expressions, including crying, grimacing, grinning and furious.
One of them shows two suspects handcuffed in the back seat of a police car, one Lego face staring angrily at the other, and a toy head appearing to be crying. It was in the picture.
Another photo showed five people in a lineup completely unrecognizable due to toy heads.
“The Murrieta Police Department prides itself on transparency with the community, but we also respect the rights and protections of everyone afforded by law. There are even suspects,” the department said on social media last week. Stated.
“In order to share what is happening in Murrieta, we have decided to hide the suspect’s face to protect his identity while complying with the new law,” he added.
In 2021, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1475, which prohibits local law enforcement agencies from releasing images of suspects in nonviolent crimes.
Last year, the state also passed AB 999, which requires suspect mugs to be removed from social media within 14 days unless there are special circumstances. According to the LA Times.
Durant previously told news outlets that the department has used various methods to hide faces in photos over the past several years.
The department has used emojis, Barbie dolls and even characters from “Shrek” to hide suspects’ faces.
