Shocking: Innocent Man Jailed by Facial Recognition Tech
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Innocent Man Wrongly Jailed by Facial Recognition Tech: His Lawsuit Joins Others Led by Black Plaintiff
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Russell Quran The day after Thanksgiving in 2017, as Reid was on his route to his mother's house, police stopped him and arrested him by the side of a major Georgia motorway.
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Before they took him to jail, they informed him that he was sought in Louisiana for crimes.
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This month, a complaint was filed accusing a sheriff's detective in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, of abusing face recognition technology.
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Quran told The Associated Press, "I was bewildered and I was upset because I didn't know what was happening.
They were only able to say, "You have to wait for Louisiana to come take you," and there was no timetable for that.
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Quran, 29, is one of at least five Black litigants who have brought legal claims against law authorities in recent years, claiming they were unlawfully detained after being mistakenly recognized by face recognition technology.
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Three of the claims, including one brought by a woman suspected of carjacking while eight months pregnant, are filed against the Detroit police.