A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Porcha Woodruff, a Detroit woman who was wrongfully arrested in a carjacking case after being misidentified through facial recognition technology. The judge said the arrest was troubling but ruled her lawyer failed to prove police lacked probable cause; Woodruff’s attorney plans to appeal.
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Baltimore City Council holds hearings on facial recognition technology
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (D-District 8) is lead sponsor of two bills aimed at regulating facial recognition technology (FRT), currently being used in the city for surveillance. After six years of fighting to pass legislation on this matter, Burnett may soon succeed. “There are two bills that the […]