Summary
- Detroit woman wrongly arrested for carjacking and robbery due to facial recognition technology error.
- Porsche Woodruff, 8 months pregnant, mistakenly identified as culprit based on outdated 2015 mug shot.
- Surveillance footage did not match the identification, victim wrongly identified Woodruff from lineup based on the 2015 outdated photo.
- Woodruff arrested, detained for 11 hours, charges later dismissed; she files lawsuit against Detroit.
- Facial recognition technology’s flaws in identifying women and people with dark skin highlighted.
- Several US cities banned facial recognition; debate continues due to lobbying and crime concerns.
- Law enforcement prioritized technology’s output over visual evidence, raising questions about its integration.
- ACLU Michigan involved; outcome of lawsuit uncertain, impact on law enforcement’s tech use in question.
This tech should be illegal outside of entertainment purposes imo. Things like Snapchat filters are fine, but using it to arrest people or advertise to people is straight up dystopian insanity.
I’m not sure it should be illegal, since it can be legitimately useful, but maybe something like “inconclusive evidence that isn’t enough to grant a warrant”. That way, you can get a list of potential suspects but you don’t end up violating rights by issuing undue warrants.