Facial Recognition Use Led to Faulty Detroit Arrest, Lawyer Says

Detroit police wrongfully arrested a Black man after using facial recognition technology as part of their investigation, the man’s lawyer alleges.

Police used the technology on the image of a suspect grabbing and throwing a teacher’s cell phone and misidentified him as Michael Oliver, attorney Patrick Nyenhuis said. The teacher later identified Oliver in a photo lineup and police arrested Oliver last year, Nyenhuis said.

The arrest marks the second known U.S. instance of facial recognition technology leading to such a result, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement. The other arrest, also of a Black man, was ...