Detroit Police Wrongly Arrested Woman After Facial Recognition Tech Misidentified Her as Shooting Culprit
Last year, Detroit police wrongly arrested LaDonna Crutchfield after facial recognition software incorrectly identified her as the culprit of a shooting, according to a lawsuit filed on February 21. While police did not even have a warrant for Crutchfield’s arrest, they handcuffed, detained, and jailed her anyway. The officers had conducted no investigation, relying fully on a facial recognition database. Police released Crutchfield only when it became obvious that they had arrested the wrong person. Crutchfield’s suit argues that her wrongful arrest was a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights.
According to the suit, Crutchfield was at home with her children, resting between work shifts, when six police officers knocked on her door. One of the officers, Anthony Williams, allegedly demanded that she step out of the house, after which he told her “that she was going to jail today, and he didn’t want to arrest her in front of her children.” According to the suit, the officers would not tell Cru
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