Fake Surveillance, Damaged NFL Brains and Allegedly Manipulated DNA | TMI Ep 451

A homemade surveillance decoy produces three felony charges, a major study measures the NFL’s CTE problem, disputed DNA evidence sends a man to prison, and a Las Vegas traveler books a hotel that apparently exists only online.On today's TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan...A Florida police department responds to stolen license-plate readers with 3D-printed bait cameras. When one man takes the bait, prosecutors pursue charges carrying a potential decades-long prison sentence. The case raises serious questions about surveillance, entrapment and how much a plastic prop is worth once the criminal code gets involved.Researchers have produced the strongest estimate yet of CTE among deceased NFL players. The numbers are disturbing, but the players’ ages and the study’s methodology complicate what the findings can tell us about football today.Alexis Rodriguez served seven and a half years after DNA evidence connected him to an attempted rape. His conviction is gone, and he is now accusing New York City forensic analysts of changing the science to fit the suspect.A woman deliberately avoids a poorly reviewed Las Vegas hotel, books a seemingly different property and arrives at the hotel she rejected. The explanation from the company somehow makes the story even stranger.Join The TMI Show LIVE Mon-Fri at 10am ET.