Black man wrongfully arrested and held in a detention center for nearly 30 hours after facial recognition technology incorrectly identified him as a suspect in a shoplifting case.
1:00In a June 8 letter to Congress, CEO Arvind Krishna spoke to IBM’s support of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020.A Black man was wrongfully arrested and held in a detention center for nearly 30 hours in Michigan afterincorrectly identified him as a suspect in a shoplifting case, according to the man, his attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Robert Williams was wrongfully arrested and held in police custody after he was incorrectly identified by a facial recognition tool as a suspect.After being held overnight in a cell and later interrogated,"it became clear that his arrest was based on an erroneous facial recognition identification," according to the complaint.
The investigation officer -- allegedly looking"confused" -- told Williams that"the computer must have gotten it wrong," according to the complaint.He remained held in the detention center until he was arraigned in the afternoon, given a personal bond and eventually released at night, according to the complaint. Robert's fingerprints, DNA sample, and mugshot were put on file, the complaint stated.
"This case should not have been issued based on the DPD investigation, and for that we apologize," she Worthy said."Thankfully, it was dismissed on our office's own motion. This does not in any way make up for the hours that Mr. Williams spent in jail." Robert Williams was wrongfully arrested and held in police custody after he was incorrectly identified by a facial recognition tool as a suspect.
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