Vice media press release10/9/2023 “VICE grossly misrepresented how ShotSpotter carefully and faithfully prepares court-admissible forensic evidence and expert witness testimony for criminal shooting proceedings,” said Ralph Clark, President and CEO of ShotSpotter. “That lie was taken as fact by other media outlets and quickly spread through social media and respected civil rights and criminal justice organizations, undermining the trust that ShotSpotter has earned over the past 25 years.” “ VICE launched the viral lie that ShotSpotter had conspired with police to frame people,” said ShotSpotter legal counsel Megan L. ShotSpotter notified the Court of the actions of the Associated Press and the other publishers in a March 7 court filing. Forensic Reportĭetailed Forensic Report February 8, 2021 Location of gunfire based on ShotSpotter Alert vs. As the court records demonstrate, the company’s real-time alert from the night of the shooting and its later detailed forensic report both included GPS coordinates and maps placing the gunfire at the exact same intersection: The Associated Press joined the Daily Mail, The Register, the University of Illinois at Chicago Law Review, Data Science Central, and the tech publication Hot Hardware in backing away from the demonstrably false accusation that, at the request of police, ShotSpotter changed the coordinates of gunfire to an intersection where the car of Chicago’s Michael Williams had been seen as VICE had previously claimed. After correcting its reporting, the Associated Press notified all publishers who had originally received the uncorrected article. The global news organization also corrected its reporting to explain that a ShotSpotter forensic report was in fact admissible as evidence in a 2014 California case. (Nasdaq: SSTI), a leader in precision policing technology solutions that enable law enforcement to more effectively respond to, investigate, and deter crime, today announced that the Associated Press has joined a growing list of media outlets that have retracted, corrected, or clarified their reporting of a demonstrably false claim that was originally published by VICE Media. FREMONT, Calif., Ma(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - ShotSpotter, Inc.
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