Detroit man sues over wrongful arrest due to facial recognition technology thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Detroit Attorneys representing a Farmington Hills man filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking undisclosed damages from the city, its police chief and a Detroit police detective for the grave harm caused by the misuse of, and reliance upon, facial recognition technology.
The 75-page suit was filed on behalf of Robert Williams in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan.
An ACLU press release Tuesday claimed: Mr. Williams’ experience was the first case of wrongful arrest due to facial recognition technology to come to light in the United States.
Legal observers press suit alleging abuse by Detroit police detroitnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from detroitnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Detroit marijuana business program favoring longtime residents placed on hold by federal judge
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Budding marijuana leaves grow on Monday, March 22, 2021, at UBaked, a cannabis cultvation center in Burton, Michigan. New York on March 31, 2021, joined at least 15 other states that have legalized recreational marijuana, including neighboring New Jersey.Jake May | MLive.com
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Detroit to temporarily halt the processing of recreational marijuana business applications.
Detroit’s City Council took great care and time to draft an ordinance that ensures the city’s marijuana market isn’t overrun by wealthy outsiders and gives preferential treatment to longtime residents designated “legacy” applicants.
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out the city of Detroit s legal claims against Detroit Will Breathe protesters, concluding it failed to prove that demonstrators conspired with one another to cause civil unrest and harm police officers over the summer.
That s what the city argued after getting hit with a lawsuit last fall that sought to ban Detroit police from using batons, riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters marching against police brutality.
Detroit Will Breathe filed the lawsuit and secured a temporary restraining order against the use of those tactics. But then the group got hit with a counterclaim by the city, alleging that protesters were part of a civil conspiracy to destroy property, hurt police officers and incite rioting.