On: Hertz bug leads to people being erroneously arrest...

[dsed]

> I’m pretty sure this couldn’t happen. I’d end up in jail myself for filing false police reports before I got anywhere close to double digits.

To your point, just this week Chicago Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno was charged with "disorderly conduct, obstruction of justice and insurance fraud" for saying a woman stole his car after he lent it to her.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/5/15/18626936/ald-pr...

[mikeash → dsed]

“Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr. said the evidence as provided in court ‘outlines... if, true, at least a terrible lapse in judgment.’”

So much for everyone telling me that Hertz shouldn’t be culpable because they didn’t do it maliciously.