I made an edit, I hadn’t looked super close but I think you’re right, nose is different, different coat and bag, and the police are that incompetent to think it’s him and be wrong. Or they just have so much pressure to ‘do their job’ that they had to release something.
The NYPD has released pictures of his face with his mask down, if it is him they have a mostly clear image now unfortunately.
Edit: examining the images now though I’m not totally convinced it’s the same person
it’s definitely not him
I made an edit, I hadn’t looked super close but I think you’re right, nose is different, different coat and bag, and the police are that incompetent to think it’s him and be wrong. Or they just have so much pressure to ‘do their job’ that they had to release something.