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Detroit woman sues city after being falsely arrested while pregnant due to facial recognition technology (www.nbcnews.com)

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Porcha Woodruff was getting her two children ready for school when police officers presented her with an arrest warrant alleging robbery and carjacking, court documents show.

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Detective Oliver stated in detail in her report what she observed in the video footage, and there was no mention of the female suspect being pregnant," the lawsuit says.

You would think this would be your first indication. You would think the victim would mention this as an identifying thing, "she was pregnant." You would think the detective would try to pull a recent photograph, or check cell phone records, or anything else to come to a more affirmative conclusion.

You would think, which seems the detective didn't do in this case.

[–] some_guy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

But the computer said it was OK to violate her rights