Lawsuit filed in US cross-country arrest allegedly based on face biometrics

A federal suit in the U.S. has been filed by a Black man who says he was falsely accused of credit-card fraud using a police facial recognition algorithm. Damages have not been made public.

According to the Associated Press, Randal Quran Reid was taken from his car after being arrested along an interstate in his home state of Georgia. A warrant issued hundreds of miles away by parish police in the state of Louisiana had been issued, according to Reid, …

algorithm arrest associated press biometric identification biometrics biometrics news car card card fraud credit face biometrics facial facial recognition federal fraud law enforcement lawsuit lawsuits police press public recognition suit taken united states