Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says

[jgo]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of the digital tool.

Randall Reid, 28, was jailed in late November in DeKalb County, Georgia, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.

His attorney, Tommy Calogero, said authorities erroneously linked Reid to purse thefts in Jefferson Parish and Baton Rouge. Reid, arrested on Nov. 25, was released Dec. 1.

Reid is Black, and his arrest brings new attention to the use of a technology critics say results in a higher rate of misidentification of people of color than of white people.

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[Pharlo]

1. I saw a documentary on facial

Recognition software once. It's highest degree of accuracy is with white males (very high accuracy rating). Then it decreased a little for white females. Dropped again for black males. As for black females, it failed to recognize Oprah Winfrey.