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A Georgia man says authorities wrongly arrested him based on a match generated by facial recognition technology

ATLANTA (AP) — Randal Quran Reid was driving to his mother’s home the day after Thanksgiving last year when police pulled him over and arrested him on the side of a busy Georgia interstate. He was wanted for crimes in Louisiana, they told him, before taking him to jail. Reid, who prefers to be identified […]

A Georgia man who says authorities wrongly arrested him based on facial recognition technology has filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana detective who sought his arrest warrant. . Randal Quran Reid, who goes by Quran, is among at least five Black plaintiffs who have sued law enforcement in recent years alleging they were wrongly arrested on the basis of facial recognition technology. Some states have limited its use as critics say it misidentifies people of color more than white people

Several Black plaintiffs have filed suit against law enforcement in recent years alleging wrongful arrest because of facial recognition technology.

Amplifying Atlanta

After mistaken identities end in arrests.

Randal Quran Reid has filed the lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta.

A lawsuit filed this month blames the misuse of facial recognition technology by a sheriff's detective in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for his ordeal.

Critics say technology results in higher rate of misidentification of people of colour.

ATLANTA — Randal Quran Reid was driving to his mothers home the day after Thanksgiving last year when police pulled him over and arrested him on the side of a