They accused the cops of Grand Theft Auto-mation.
UK police are being ridiculed online after producing a sketchy digital reproduction of an assault suspect — with many comparing it to a character from “Grand Theft Auto.” A tweet detailing the virtual courtroom sketch is currently garnering guffaws online.
“Can you help us identify the man?” read the tweet, which was posted Monday by the Avon and Somerset Police. Attached was an E-fit (Electronic Facial Identification Technique), a computer-generated composite of a wanted criminal based on eyewitness descriptions.
This particularly digital doppelganger depicted a suspect accused of punching a victim in Bristol on November 25, 2022, Jam Press reported.
“The victim was approached by an unknown man where he was shouted at before being punched multiple times in the face,” the police spokesperson described in a statement. “He received medical treatment for a swollen jaw, a nose bleed and pain in his forehead.”
They added, “Officers are keen to speak to the man in the E-fit as they believe he has information which could aid their investigation.”
Unfortunately identifying him could prove challenging given the poorly-rendered digital mugshot, which rocks an oversized bobblehead and crude flat top as if created on a video game’s character generator. The suspect also sports a parka with a fluffy hood, and an exposed chest and neck.
One Twitter user analogized the composite to Nick Cannon’s character from “Monster House.”
Needless to say, the court of online opinion had a field day with the suspect’s shoddy sim.
“Have u looked for him in GTA 3?” joked one wit in reference to the flat-topped protagonist of Rockstar’s 2001 RPG video game.
Meanwhile, one Facebook commenter compared the E-fit to Nick Cannon’s character in the 2006 animated flick “Monster House.”
Other critics analogized the reproduction to Will Smith with one equipping “Think he lives in Bel-Air.”
Thankfully, the police also provided a written description of the suspect for those stumped by the visual one.
“He is described as black, of slim build, thought to be in his late-20s to early 30s, with short, black hair which is shaved at the sides,” they wrote. “He was wearing a white coat with grey tracksuit bottoms.”