That’s the thing. I wasn’t a knower. I live in Australia, and can recognise one person of the nine mugshots I’ve seen today. This is the first I’m hearing about mugshots, and the thumbnail image of the knockoff Purge killers was my first impression. I’m about as unknowing as you can get.
I think it is easy to dismiss “people” as dumb or uninformed, but people generally have pretty good instincts before their news outlet of choice starts spinning.