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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • Incorrect, according to German legislation, weapons may be used to protect life and prevent harm. Courts have recurrently ruled that an attacker with a knife approaching the police or innocent bystanders are considered beyond stoppable if they are in immediate reach of a potential victim (which has been said to be in a range of 6 meters and below).

    What needs to be established now is whether the cop used unnecessary lethal force, since the guy has been hit 4 times (3 direct hits, once grazed), and at least one shot was from behind.








  • I didn’t read into the specifics of the IR LED they are using, but assuming it’s somewhere in the 850-900nm wavelength with sufficient power, they should be blocking you out if the CCTV is recording infrared images.

    There’s a video here that explains the principle. I’ve highlighted the key part, but feel free to check out the whole thing to understand the idea: https://youtu.be/fywvB4Unjv4?t=240

    Thing is, if the camera records in the regular, visible spectrum only, it will see you just the way you are. Most cameras automatically switch to IR mode when the environmental light strength drops below a certain threshold, so you’d be “invisible” at night, but clear as day during, well, daytime.