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Facial Recognition Leads to Arrest of Wrong Man

Steve Lehto · 8 months ago

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A facial recognition AI program identified a suspect that was innocent and did not look at all like the person the police were looking for - but they arrested him after getting a warrant (a witness did pick the man out of a photo lineup). The prosecutor declined to pursue the case. https://www.lehtoslaw.com

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Steve Lehto, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.

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