Only in America, lol

[tiburonfirst]

25,000 signatures needed to establish a new identity (ssn) for a man with memory loss, lol - who sets those numbers? and downright shocking that there is no other way to cut through the red tape.

you can find particulars here:
Finding Benjaman
sign the petition while you're at it!

recap > man was found beaten and naked behind a dumpster back in 2004 and has had memory loss since then. apparently, there has been no success to establish his identity and, without a social security number, he cannot apply for benefits he sorely needs.

 

[CES]

Tibs, we tried that petition site for e-cigs...the government may "respond", but that doesn't mean they'll actually do anything for him. sigh.

I feel for him though, caught up in bureaucratic red tape

 

[Hippie]

Governments..ugh!

 

[AttyPops]

The guy never had a driver's license or State ID in Denver before he lost his memory? FBI couldn't find him? Nobody reported him missing? I don't understand all that.

What really TICKS ME OFF is that you have to have picture ID and an SS# to sleep in a warm place/shelter. THAT needs to change. Maybe just a thumb-print scan and a database of shelter-users if they even need to go that far (to figure out who is where or whatever they need it for).

 

[tiburonfirst]

atty - he was robbed and no id was ever found. dl or state ids don't have finger prints so, unless you were in the armed forces, had a government job or were arrested, your finger prints are nowhere on file .............

 

[AttyPops]

I understood that tibs. They do facial recognition now...... The FBI should have been able to find him from DL records. Someone should have reported him missing. Whatever. Anyway...the whole thing ticks me off. Grrrr....

 

[AttyPops]

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[tiburonfirst]

only if it was set up for that .............. this happened in 2004, way before the newest technology. i believe you need a certain kind of pic in the data base, not sure though

 

[tiburonfirst]

Hi CES. Sorry I stole one of your pics for an AVI. Great minds.......

didn't you mean to say ''great trunks''

 

[CES]

Tibs, i forgave atty over in pvt, because i was trying to avoid derailing your thread...but, since you've driven us off topic,

Atty, I forgive you for choosing a great avi picture..even if i DID find it first.

 

[AttyPops]

For the record....I posed in the wrong thread! lol. It's fixed above. Sheeesh! Let's get this back on topic!

 

[CES]

only if it was set up for that .............. this happened in 2004, way before the newest technology. i believe you need a certain kind of pic in the data base, not sure though

I really don't know how effective or accurate the facial recognition software is even these days...

but,I'd guess that initial searches in Denver came up dry. To me that suggests that even though he's currently there and has memories of there ( ...but maybe not recent ones) he was probably visiting. Otherwise wouldn't there have been a way to track him through missing person's reports? . The nationwide appeal may be needed to figure where he might have been visiting from.


(how's that Atty? )

 

[tiburonfirst]

lol - since when do we worry about going off-track? we always have managed to find our way back sooner or later

anyhow, more info here

Internet Users Search for John Doe's Identity - ABC News

 

[tiburonfirst]

he was found in georgia and seems to be in florida now ...........

volunteers have offered to take him to denver next year