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Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm (Published 2020)
The Great Read In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit. “This is not me,” Robert Julian-Borchak Williams told investigators. “You think all Black men look alike?” Credit…
If they come for you there is not much one can do. No cellphone and every attempt at questing and being vigorous to find out why you can’t go home is met with disdain.
I felt isolated. And when a county Police Officer shows up in your hospital room and berates you with questions that either make you crazy or a criminal.
False Arrest – How to fight back if it happens to you
A false arrest is a detention that unlawfully restrains your liberty. Both police and private citizens can be held liable for making a false arrest. You can sue police for monetary damages in a civil rights lawsuit. When police have illegally arrested you, you can also file a complaint with the police department.
