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Detroit woman sues city after being falsely arrested while pregnant due to facial recognition technology

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

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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Lazy Police Work + Faulty Software = Eight-Month-Pregnant Detroit Woman Sues City For False Arrest

www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/detroit-woman-sues-city-falsely-arrested-8-months-pregnant-due-facial-rcna98447

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Detroit woman sues city after being falsely arrested while pregnant due to facial recognition technology

www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/detroit-woman-sues-city-falsely-arrested-8-months-pregnant-due-facial-rcna98447

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“The warrant was appropriate based upon the facts,” it said.
Here's another fact: Facial recognition systems misidentify Black faces at a high rate. Facial recognition is less accurate in identifying people with darker skin tones—especially women. This can result in the misidentification of Black protesters or false positive matches in image databases.
Maybe they should only use it on white dudes.
- We shouldn't have let this dystopic surveillance shit happen in the first place
  
  Were people given a choice in the first place? It has been pretty much thrust upon people across the world by capitalist overlords and political leaders.
  
  That's exactly the issue here. We did not vote on this. (at least here in the US)