He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to arrest of the wrong man

Re:He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to ... by sebastien_b on Monday December 28, 2020 @05:10PM (#25563832)

Agree that a photo alone shouldn’t be enough for an arrest warrant.

Like I said - either the officers that dealt with the suspect didn’t deal with/look at the victim, or else they’re blind (or trying to meet a quota).

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Re:He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to ... by pmiller2 on Monday December 28, 2020 @05:20PM (#25563936)

I would hope it's unlikely these officers would suffer from a similar bias, but "they all look alike" is true in the limited sense that people who don't have much experience with particular ethnic groups do find individuals in those groups harder to distinguish than groups they do have experience with: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-in-the-intersec...

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