2023-08-07 20:45:00
One 32 year old woman he was accused for the detroit police (United States of theft following a facial recognition program mistakenly suggested her as a suspect in the crime. Its regarding Porcha Woodruffwho was pregnant at the time and was arrested by the authorities.
According to information from The Washington Postthe error occurred when the application used a photo of Porcha taken eight years ago, when she was arrested for driving with an expired driver’s license, to match the video of the suspected crime committed.
Faced with the situation, the woman filed a lawsuit once morest the detective and the city of Detroit in the US District Court recently. She claims that the arrest was made wrongly, in addition to violating rights granted by the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, which should protect from unreasonable seizures.
It is also worth mentioning that the lawsuit accused the department of not using a more recent photo of Porcha’s driver’s license in facial recognition software and photo lists. In addition, the woman claims that prison plagued her with anxiety, depression and extreme stress in the final stages of her pregnancy, which was already difficult because of gestational diabetes.
Even the crime victim pointed out the old photo of Porcha when looking at the list of images. In that regard, the lawsuit also questioned the fact that they had not asked another suspect in custody if he had recognized the woman.
More regarding facial recognition: see the details of when such a program was stopped in São Paulo and how the means of payment by facial biometrics began to be tested in Brazilian retail.
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