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California Police Asked To Stop Using Lego Heads To Disguise Suspects
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Infamous Wooden Plank From 'Titanic' Sold For Over $700k
By Ben Hooper
March 28 (UPI) -- A buyer shelled out $718,750 for one of the most controver- sial wooden planks in cine- matic history: the door frame panel that saved Rose's life in the 1997
film Titanic.
Heritage Auctions announced the ornate piece of wood, sold as part of a Planet Hollywood movie memorabilia
auction, fetched the ship- sinking sum after numerous bids.
The prop, made from balsa wood, was based on the "most famous complete piece of debris" salvaged from the real sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the auction house said.
"Often mistakenly referred
to as a door, the ornate structure was in reality part of the door frame just above the first-class lounge entrance," the item descrip- tion reads.
The auction house acknowl- edged the controversy sur- rounding the wooden plank.
"The iconic prop has caused much debate from fans, many of whom have argued that the floating wood panel could have sup- ported both Jack [Leonardo DiCaprio] and Rose [Kate Winslet] -- making his fate- ful decision to stay in the frigid water an empty ges- ture," the description states.
Director James
Cameron said he had a sci- entific study performed in an attempt to put the debate to rest once and for all.
By Ben Hooper
March 25 (UPI) -- A California police depart- ment said it will need a new way to disguise the faces of suspects in photos posted to social media after Lego asked the department to stop using its intellectual property.
The Murrieta Police Department has been using various images -- including emoji faces and characters from The
Grinch, Shrek and Barbie -- to cover the faces of sus- pects in mug shots and other photos posted to social media for a couple of years, and this year California adopted a statewide law prohibiting police from sharing photos of suspects in non-violent crimes.
"The Murrieta Police Department prides itself in its transparency with the community, but also honors everyone's rights & protec- tions as afforded by law; even suspects," the depart-
ment said in a social media post. "In order to share what is happening in Murrieta, we chose to cover the faces of suspects to protect their identity while still aligning with the new law."
In recent weeks the depart- ment has made a practice of using images depicting the heads of Lego minifigs to block out of the faces of suspects in social media posts, but Lt. Jeremy Durrant said that particular practice has now come to an end.
"The Lego Group reached out to us and respectfully asked us to refrain from using their intellectual prop- erty in our social media content, which, of course, we understand and will comply with," Durrant said in a statement provided to the Murrieta Patch. "We are currently exploring other methods of publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers."
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