Incident 295: Wrongful Attempted Arrest for Apple Store Thefts Due to NYPD’s Facial Misidentification

Description: New York Police Department (NYPD)’s facial recognition system falsely connected a Black teenager to a series of thefts at Apple stores, which resulted in his wrongful attempted arrest.

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by New York Police Department, which harmed Ousmane Bah , NYC Black people and NYC Black young people.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
295
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2018-11-08
Editors
Khoa Lam
Teen sues Apple for $1 billion, blames facial recognition at stores for his arrest
washingtonpost.com · 2019

An 18-year-old from New York is suing Apple for $1 billion, claiming that a facial recognition system at its stores falsely connected him to a series of thefts.

Ousmane Bah, who was arrested at his home in November, alleges that the warrant…

Apple claims it isn’t scanning customers’ faces, after teen sues for $1 billion
theverge.com · 2019

Apple is being accused of using facial recognition software in its Apple Stores to arrest the wrong person for theft — a New York student who’s now suing Apple for $1 billion. And while Apple tells The Verge it doesn’t use facial recognitio…

Judge allows facial recognition lawsuit against Apple to continue
appleworld.today · 2020

An Illinois federal judge on Thursday refused to let Apple dodge a class action alleging that it violates state law through its facial recognition software, finding that the proposed class’ allegations that the company illegally collects an…

Apple sued over false accusations in Apple Store thefts by impostor
appleinsider.com · 2021

Apple is being sued by a man due to repeated accusations the man was behind numerous thefts at Apple Stores across the eastern seaboard of the United States, attempted thefts that were conducted by others who were impersonating the man.

The…

Bah v. Apple Inc.
casetext.com · 2021

Because the allegations in the Third Amended Complaint at times differ materially from those considered by the Court in its first MTD Opinion, they will be described in some detail.

The first theft identified in the Complaint occurred on Ap…

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