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A black man living in Georgia was thrown in jail for a week for stealing expensive purses from a store in Louisiana. What's the basis for the arrest? The New Orleans Advocate reports that a facial recognition tool made a false match.
I was told that I had a warrant out of Jefferson Parish. I haven't been to Louisiana in a long time.
Tommy Calogero says that a detective from the JPSO secured an arrest warrant for his client. Calogero said that after being arrested the day after Thanksgiving and spending almost a week in jail, the detectives "tacitly" admitted their mistake.
It should have been obvious from the beginning that the facial recognition match was not real. The suspect in the footage is 40 pounds heavier than the other person.
He said there are 300 million people in the country. We all have someone who looks like us.
According to the proponents of facial recognition software, it's only a tool that will help identify potential suspects rather than being the sole evidence used in an arrest.
Chris Kaiser, advocacy director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Louisiana, said that they will always say this is for an investigative lead. There's no protection behind that.
The JPSO denied a formal request to release an arrest warrant and documents related to its use of facial recognition due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.
When there's a political need to be seen as committed to decisive action, high-tech options can have good short-term results.
The arrest of Calogero shows the common racism in facial recognition tools.
In New Orleans, the City Council reversed its ban on facial recognition last summer, despite the fact that there were troubling caveat.
Facial recognition is being used to keep problem gamblers away.
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