More on Robert Williams false arrest - DPD facial recognition technology
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aj3647
More info on Williams arrest from NY Times and the Washington Post. The Post article was written by Mr. Williams.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/t...on-arrest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/202...cognition.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...is-technology/
Very sloppy work by the Detroit Police in investigating the alleged crime, and the subsequent handling of the arrest.
"An hour later, when [[Williams) pulled into his driveway in a quiet subdivision in Farmington Hills, Mich., a police car pulled up behind, blocking him in. Two officers got out and handcuffed Mr. Williams on his front lawn, in front of his wife and two young daughters, who were distraught. The police wouldn’t say why he was being arrested, only showing him a piece of paper with his photo and the words “felony warrant” and “larceny.”
His wife, Melissa, asked where he was being taken. “Google it,” she recalls an officer replying."
Facial recognition alone is not sufficient to establish probable cause. Looking forward to Mr Williams suing the city of Detroit and the DPD and winning a large monetary award for abuse of process in connection with his wrongful arrest.