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Incident 6303 Report
Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

2022-01-22

Harvey Murphy Jr. was wrongfully accused of robbing a Sunglass Hut due to an alleged misidentification by the facial recognition system operated by Macy's. While in custody for ten days, he was sexually assaulted. He is now suing Macy's, EssilorLuxottica (Sunglass Hut's parent), and others, for $10 million.

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Macy's

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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Facial recognition system deployers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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Facial recognition system developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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Harvey Murphy Jr

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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Consumers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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General public of the United States

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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Facial recognition systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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AI-enabled decision support systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 630
    3 Reports

    Alleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail

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