Michigan: Controversial Detroit facial recognition got him arrested for a crime he didn’t commit

He was arrested because of a computer error. Now he wants to fix the system. | Opinion

When the Detroit Police Department called Robert Williams, he thought it was a prank. The voice on the other end of the line told Williams to turn himself in at the DPD's Third Precinct. Why? The cop wouldn't say. "I can’t turn myself in if you can’t tell me," Williams recalls saying. "I said, 'If you want me, you can come to my house and bring a warrant.'" But it was late in his work day, and Williams was disturbed enough to head home, calling his wife, Melissa, as he drove. When she answered, the cops were already there. What ...

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He was arrested because of a computer error. Now he wants to fix the system.

When the Detroit Police Department called Robert Williams, he thought it was a prank. The voice on the other end of the line told Williams to turn himself in at the DPD's Third Precinct. Why? The cop wouldn't say. "I can’t turn myself in if you can’t tell me," Williams recalls saying. "I said, 'If you want me, you can come to my house and bring a warrant.'" But it was late in his work day, and Williams was disturbed enough to head home, calling his wife, Melissa, as he drove. When she answered, the cops were already there. What ...

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He was arrested because of a computer error. Now he wants to fix the system.

When the Detroit Police Department called Robert Williams, he thought it was a prank. The voice on the other end of the line told Williams to turn himself in at the DPD's Third Precinct. Why? The cop wouldn't say. "I can’t turn myself in if you can’t tell me," Williams recalls saying. "I said, 'If you want me, you can come to my house and bring a warrant.'" But it was late in his work day, and Williams was disturbed enough to head home, calling his wife, Melissa, as he drove. When she answered, the cops were already there. What ...

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Controversial Detroit facial recognition got him arrested for a crime he didn’t commit

The high-profile case of a Black man wrongly arrested earlier this year wasn’t the first misidentification linked to controversial facial recognition technology used by Detroit Police, the Free Press has learned. Last year, a 25-year-old Detroit man was wrongly accused of a felony for supposedly reaching into a teacher’s vehicle, grabbing a cellphone and throwing it, cracking the screen and breaking the case. Detroit Police used facial recognition technology in that investigation, too. It identified Michael Oliver as an investigative lead. After that hit, the teacher who had his phone snatched from his hands identified Oliver in a photo lineup ...

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Facial recognition technology led to this Detroiter's wrongful arrest

Michael Oliver is the latest Detroiter to come forward with a story of a wrongful arrest due to facial recognition technology. The news comes as City Council debates extending DPD's contract with facial recognition technology provider DataWorks. Michael Oliver was heading to work last summer when he was pulled over by a police officer. The then 25-year-old was on probation already and so any interaction with police could feel tense. But the adrenaline, he said, was notched up significantly when the officer returned to his car after running his name. Oliver, the officer said, was wanted on a felony charge. ...

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