Report: Gait Analysis Allegedly Links Ex-Capitol Officer to Jan 6 Pipe Bombs
The Blaze alleges a former Capitol Police officer planted Jan. 6 pipe bombs to divert law enforcement, using gait analysis with 94% match confidence.
- On Monday, The Blaze reported it used forensic gait analysis to identify a Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect, accusing a former U.S. Capitol Police officer, though this has not been confirmed.
- Gait analysis has a long history, studying walking patterns with forensic use since at least 1839; recent software and artificial intelligence now measure flexion, speed, step length, and cadence.
- The Blaze's analysis compared a surveillance video of the pipe bomber with 2017 soccer game footage and cited a forensic software tool that produced a 94% match, but did not use FBI surveillance videos or reveal the analyst.
- On Monday, committee leaders pressed for documents and interviews as Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Barry Loudermilk , Jan. 6 committee chairman, questioned federal agencies while the FBI said the investigation remains a high priority.
- Experts caution gait analysis software likely cannot convict alone and mainly supports cases, with The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences study finding 71 percent accuracy and the American Bar Association noting unproven uniqueness.
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Blaze Media Is an Embarrassment to Conservatives
On November 8, Blaze Media published an article by Steve Baker and Joseph Hanneman in which the duo all but purported to have identified the individual responsible for planting pipe bombs outside both the Republican and Democratic National Committees’ respective headquarters on January 5, 2021. Underneath a graphic featuring grainy footage of the individual authorities believed might be responsible and four photos of former Capitol Police office…
Conservative publication identified a suspect in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case. It wasn’t her
An investigative report in the conservative news outlet The Blaze is being scrutinized and debunked after the publication named a former Capitol Police officer as the main suspect in an attempted bombing in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Who left pipe bombs outside the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties is a mystery that’s puzzled the FBI for nearly five years, but it’s apparently not the person identified by The Blaze. …
FBI throws cold water on story suggesting Capitol Police officer was Jan. 6 pipe bomber
WASHINGTON — The FBI on Thursday threw cold water on a story on a right-wing website that named a former Capitol Police officer as a potential match for the individual who planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
CLG: Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say
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