Are they idiots? No. Do they think we're idiots? You'd have to be an idiot if you didn't realize every politician on the planet thinks we are all idiots.

Democrat, huh? Explains why you had to post anonymously. Having the government steal from people in order to keep people in their place is NOT empathy, but cruelty.

The difference is that a finger print may not point the cops in the direction of a relative the way DNA could.

What you are apparently missing is that they didn't make a mistake. They intentionally attempted to steal from people and were caught by those they stole from. They should be apologizing to a judge instead of in a PR release.