Thieves are really a particularly hateful creature, especially thieves in Europe, who can be said to be rampant!
Pretend to be a passerby and pass by you, pop, the mobile wallet is gone; Swaggering into the store, taking advantage of the clerk's inattention, anything can be stolen, anything valuable, even tip jars, tables, chairs, cups and saucers!
As we all know, due to the high labor costs in Europe, many stores can't afford to hire too many waitersProtections against thieves are limited, and once the loss is generated,The intensity of the police arrest is not strongAll kinds of factors have led to the arrogance of the thief communityIn 2022, the French police department alone recorded nearly 42,000 shoplifting complaints, a 14% increase in one year.
So for the majority of stores, how to protect themselves? Many shopkeepers who are forced to be helpless spend money to install surveillance, and sometimes the identity information of these thieves and the vehicles they drive can be photographed, and all the shopkeepers can do is to hand over the evidence to the police, and thenWaiting for the results
Many times there is no result, the person who did the bad thing will not be punished, and the lost goods will never come back!
This really chilled many shopkeepers, and a neat resistance force was quietly emerging.
Claude Zimmer, the manager of a consignment shop in Faul**, Moselle, and his son have never regretted their decision.
In October 2022, he was so angry at a shoplifting incident that he posted surveillance images on Facebook and posted screenshots of two shoplifting women stealing trinkets from his shop online.
This time, the effect was amazing, and the owner's appeal was no longer a matter of stone, a few days laterThe two girls actually took the initiative to come to the door, returned the things to the manager, and defended themselves: "We both thought the other party had paid, so we left." ”
Although no one would believe them, it doesn't matter, the manager is happy with the result, at least the thing is back, which would never have happened before!
After discovering that this method worked, manager Claude Zimmer continued his effortsHe posted another **, but it wasn't about theft, it was a man who deliberately in their parking lot.
Since then, there have been far fewer outlaws in Claude Zimmer's shop, he saidThe thieves probably didn't expect me to actually make the footage public, and now I'm going to add a few more cameras so that someone doesn't find an angle to commit the crime. ”
Similarly, in Amiens, France, there is also a clothing store ownerjérôme jeanDriven insane, he was "fed up with theft" and published an image of a male thiefA year ago, this man stole 950 euros of something in his store, and this ** had more than five million views and caused a huge sensation.
That's right, even if it's the shopkeeper who is hurting, they choose to do this way in fact, moths to the fireBecause it is illegal to publish the likeness of others, whether in the United States or Europe.
In the United States, the practice is also known as "naming and shaming."But we have to admit that this approach does have the effect of "holding the perpetrator accountable, and at the same time having a deterrent effect on repeat offenders".
Jér Me Jean explained himself"Knowing the law and breaking the law"., as a last resort: "I didn't expect to get such a big voice on the web, but I don't encourage anyone to do the same because I face a fine of 45,000 euros and a year in prison, but I'm angry at repeated thefts and I have to!" ”
Article 226 of the French Penal Code-1 stipulates that those who publicly display the faces of others without their consent – even if they are guilty – will be sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.
Jér Me Jean launched **, calling for recommendations to legislators, who in January 2023 created an association to defend the interests of businessmen, called "Ras-le-Vol", to legalize the dissemination of images of thieves on social networks, and he made a sticker for members that could be placed in the store with the words "This store has a ** surveillance system in place, in the event of a theft, we will make public the portrait of the thief".
In the face of this large-scale phenomenon,Romain Daubié, a modern deputy for the city of Ain, introduced a bill at the end of January of this year to encourage the legalization of the practice。The Act has a text that provides:
From the moment the store indicates that the brand has a ** monitoring system, it is deemed to agree to the portrait right;
At the same time, the draft also makes it clear that such provisions do not apply to minors.
The initiative was immediately supported by the "RAS-LE-VOL" business group, led by Jér Me JeanOver the course of a month and a half, Jér Me Jean collected more than 6,600 signatures for the bill.
He himself posted another paragraph last year in which three people were happily stealing from his store. According to his calculations,Between 15,000 and 18,000 euros of products are stolen every year.
Although the bill was finally introduced, it was very difficult to pass, first of all, it challenged the principle of presumption of innocence.
Many shopkeepers are very devastated about this, even if they record a person opening the bag, taking the down jacket from the hanger and stuffing it into the bag and escaping, this whole ** is far from enough-
Perhaps from a moral point of view, this passage says a lot; It's a pity that this is not enough to convict a personFrom a legal point of view, even with a clear image, a person is considered innocent until they are finally convicted.
In addition, it is not possible to determine whether a person is a minor or not, so this challenges the protection of minors**.
Although most of the people support the shopkeepers' practices, mobilize the masses and rely on the masses to achieve the effect of "catching thieves in the net" and creating a civilized and safe community.
However, some legal experts saidAn important prerequisite for the publication of images of theft suspects is whether a criminal case is filed.
Moreover,The right to image is the most basic human rightWhether the thief's portrait right should be protected or not, the law is obviously not clearBut it is ironic that when a thief's portrait rights are violated, the punishment has already been clearly written.
Many people believe that the publication of the thief's image is undoubtedly a risky move, which is tantamount to "human flesh search"; Don't say that the identity of the thief has not been accurately characterized, even if he is caught red-handed, it is inconvenient to disclose his identity and **,Give him a chance to mend his ways, why bother to drive the thief to a dead end?
What's more, in case it is generated in the process of image propagationMisidentification, then it is involvedFalse accusations and frame-upsSomething like that.
The doubts of the outside world are not all unreasonable, no matter what kind of laws and regulations, they must ultimately be reflected in the specific judicial practice procedures!