Credit Courtesy of Michigan American Civil Liberties Union
A Black Farmington Hills resident has sued the City of Detroit, its police chief, and a city detective for wrongful arrest and wrongful imprisonment.
Robert Williams was arrested in his own driveway in front of his wife and daughters. He was held in an overcrowded cell for 30 hours.
The federal lawsuit says Williams' arrest for shoplifting was based on a flawed match made by a facial recognition algorithm with no other corroborating evidence.
The incorrect match was between an outdated driver's license photo of Williams and a grainy, poorly lit store surveillance video that never provided a clear image of the alleged shoplifter's face.