"Like Mr. Williams, the culprit was Black, had a thick beard and mustache, and wore his hair in braids. Physically, the two men had little else in common. Mr. Williams was not only taller, he also weighed 230 pounds. The victim said the delivery man appeared to weigh about 160 pounds. But Mr. Williams still spent more than two days in jail in April."
""In the blink of an eye, your whole life could change," Mr. Williams said. It's clear that facial recognition can be useful for finding people, but without considering outside information, officers use the tool wrong. If they cannot use the tool correctly, then they should not use the tool."
An innocent man, Mr. Williams, was arrested after facial recognition matched his image to a delivery-person suspect. The suspect and Mr. Williams shared being Black, a thick beard and mustache, and braided hair, but differed in height and weight: Williams weighed about 230 pounds while the delivery man appeared about 160 pounds. Williams spent more than two days in jail. Williams said, "In the blink of an eye, your whole life could change." Facial recognition can help locate people, but relying on the tool without corroborating outside information leads officers to misuse it. Agencies should not deploy the tool if it cannot be used correctly.
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