Incident 440: Louisiana Police Wrongfully Arrested Black Man Using False Face Match

Description: Louisiana police reportedly used a false facial recognition match and secured an arrest warrant for a Black man for thefts he did not commit.

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Alleged: Morphotrak and Clearview AI developed an AI system deployed by Baton Rouge Police Department, which harmed Black people in Louisiana and Randall Reid.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
440
Report Count
6
Incident Date
2022-11-25
Editors
Khoa Lam
JPSO used facial recognition technology to arrest a man. The tech was wrong.
nola.com · 2023

Technology has given police vast reach to compare the faces of criminal suspects against a trove of mug shots, driver’s licenses, and even selfies plucked from social media.

But a recent attempt by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office to n…

Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says
apnews.com · 2023

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of …

Facial Recognition Leads Louisiana Cops to Arrest of Innocent Man
yahoo.com · 2023

A Georgia man was falsely arrested in November after Louisiana officers used a facial recognition tool to identify him as a fugitive, according to The Associated Press. Significant differences in facial features and weight led to the man be…

Innocent Black Man Jailed After Facial Recognition Went Wrong: Lawyer
gizmodo.com · 2023

Randall Reid says he’s never even been to Louisiana, much less stolen $10,000 worth of Chanel and Louis Vuitton handbags there. That didn’t stop police from arresting the 28-year-old Georgia resident for the theft, committed in a New Orlean…

Black man wrongfully jailed for a week after face recognition error, report says
arstechnica.com · 2023

Police in Louisiana reportedly relied on an incorrect facial recognition match to secure warrants to arrest a Black man for thefts he did not commit.

Randal Reid, 28, was in jail for almost a week after the false match led to his arrest, ac…

Louisiana Cops Use Facial Recognition Tech To Arrest The Wrong Person For String Of Robberies
techdirt.com · 2023

This is always going to be a thing with facial recognition. Hundreds of algorithms have been tested. Pretty much every single one does worse “recognizing” minorities than it does recognizing the predominant deployers of facial recognition t…

Variants

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