{"id":2285650,"date":"2024-06-28T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-awarded-300000-settlement-after-facial-recognition-flags-him-as-criminal\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T20:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:43:04","slug":"man-awarded-300000-settlement-after-facial-recognition-flags-him-as-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-awarded-300000-settlement-after-facial-recognition-flags-him-as-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Awarded $300,000 Settlement After Facial Recognition Flags Him as Criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-awarded-300000-settlement-after-facial-recognition-flags-him-as-criminal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The city of Detroit has \u2063decided to pay $300,000 to Robert Williams, who was wrongfully accused of \u200dshoplifting due to flawed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-taylor-greene-dems-police-reform-bill-attacks-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Rep. Taylor Greene: Dems\u2019 police reform bill attacks law enforcement\">facial recognition technology<\/a>. This case, from 2018,\u200c involved the mistaken identification of Williams based on his driver&#8217;s license photo, which\u200d was flagged as\u2064 matching surveillance footage from \u200ca Shinola watch store. As part of the settlement, Detroit police \u2064must adopt new guidelines for the use of facial recognition technology, ensuring that arrests are not solely based on this technology\u200c and\u200b requiring additional investigation before taking action. This landmark decision, influenced by the advocacy of the American Civil Home>Laws Union \u200dand \u200cUniversity of Michigan&#8217;s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, aims to increase safeguards \u2062and address the racial biases \u200cassociated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-appears-to-be-profiting-from-chinas-ongoing-genocide-via-a-1-million-investment-report\/\" title=\"John Kerry Appears to Be Profiting from China&#039;s &#039;Ongoing Genocide&#039; via a  Million Investment: Report\">facial recognition systems<\/a>. The changes followed previous policy updates announced last year by Chief James White, responding to broader concerns about \u2064the technology&#8217;s\u2063 impact and efficacy.\u200b The settlement was publicly lauded as a step towards more responsible use of technology in policing, reflecting ongoing debates about balancing innovation and civil rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>  &nbsp;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>  &nbsp;June 28, 2024 at 1:59pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to a man who was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-news-ap-top-news-theft-arrests-mi-state-wire-9406d44edad083ee04e28646ead58ec7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrongly accused of shoplifting<\/a> in a case involving facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n<p>The decision will also change how police can use facial recognition technology to solve crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions are part of a lawsuit settlement with Robert Williams. His driver&rsquo;s license photo was incorrectly flagged as a likely match to a man seen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/security-camera-video-shows-top-rapper-savagely-abusing-former-girlfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security video<\/a> at a Shinola watch store in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are extremely excited that going forward there will be more safeguards on the use of this technology with our hope being to live in a better world because of it,&rdquo; Williams told reporters, &ldquo;even though what we would like for them to do is not use it at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was announced Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative at University of Michigan Law School.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that the technology is flawed and racially biased. Williams is black.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should facial recognition tech be used by police?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Detroit police will be prohibited from arresting people based solely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taking-facial-data-one-billion-users-facebook-shuts-facial-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facial recognition<\/a> results and won&rsquo;t make arrests based on photo lineups generated from a facial recognition search, the ACLU said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They can get a facial recognition lead and then they can go out and do old-fashioned police work and see if there&rsquo;s actually any reason to believe that the person who was identified &hellip; might have committed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-crime-ridden-la-da-sits-15000-unfiled-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime<\/a>,&rdquo; said Phil Mayor, an ACLU attorney.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Detroit police on the settlement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MLaw&rsquo;s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU?\">@ACLU<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLUofMichigan?\">@ACLUofMichigan<\/a> announced a settlement in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Robert Williams, who was wrongfully arrested after police relied on incorrect results from facial recognition technology.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hg9QFz8PGW\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hg9QFz8PGW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOs8RU2Olp\">pic.twitter.com\/fOs8RU2Olp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michigan Law School (@UMichLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMichLaw\/status\/1806745786543387097?\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Last August, while the litigation was still active, Chief James White announced new policies about the technology.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after a woman who was eight months pregnant said she was wrongly charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-horrifying-carjacking-taken-custody-parents-see-news-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carjacking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White at that time said there must be other evidence, outside the technology, for police to believe a suspect had the &ldquo;means, ability and opportunity to commit the crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The agreement with Williams says Detroit police will go back and look at cases from 2017 to 2023 in which facial recognition was used.<\/p>\n<p>A prosecutor will be notified if police learn that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leader-national-anti-trump-operation-arrested-allegedly-soliciting-boy-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrest<\/a> was made without independent evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-trump-17-house-democrats-and-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Trump, 17 House Democrats, and the Biden Administration\">-profit news cooperative headquartered<\/a> in New York City. 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