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But the girl, 14-year-old Lamya Robinson, said she has never been to the arena before.
Robinson and her parents told a local television station she was mistaken for another girl, who was banned from the rink for allegedly fighting. That is not me. Who is that? she recalled her confused reaction to Fox 2 Detroit. She says she was kicked out, standing outside alone at night.
Her mother Juliea Robinson called it racial profiling.
Critics of facial recognition technology have said the algorithm is inaccurate when it comes to processing darker skin. Research has found the poorest accuracy consistently found in subjects who are female, Black, and 18-30 years old. The study Gender Shades from
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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The incorrect match was between an outdated driver s license photo of Williams and a grainy, poorly lit store surveillance video that never provided a clear image of the alleged shoplifter s face.
A Black Farmington Hills police officer turned on the law enforcement agency that hired him several years ago, claiming racial bias in a federal lawsuit.
Officer Dwayne Robinson, hired in 2014, sued the police department and Chief Jeff King, asserting he was denied promotion, advancement and training opportunities that went to lesser-qualified white officers.
Robinson claims he was “repeatedly passed over” and that Black officers like himself are relegated to road patrol positions without equal opportunities for career enhancement.
“At all times, plaintiff performed his job in an exemplary manner,” reads the suit. “Defendant City of Farmington Hills, its police department and Chief King’s actions were intentional, with reckless indifference to plaintiff’s rights and sensibilities.