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Lochloosa

(16,839 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2026, 07:25 AM Jun 12

AI Facial Recognition arrest gone vey wrong.

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This is wrong on so many levels.

On June 10, 2026, the ACLU and ACLU of Florida, with the law firm of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, filed a wrongful arrest suit on behalf of Robert Dillon, a Florida man who was wrongfully arrested after police relied on an incorrect result from facial recognition technology.

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In August 2024, Robert Dillon’s life was irreparably changed when police wrongfully arrested him for a crime he never committed in a city he had never been to. He was falsely accused of trying to lure a child at a fast-food restaurant in Jacksonville Beach, more than 300 miles away from his home, after police ran a grainy image of the suspect through an AI-assisted facial recognition program, which incorrectly identified him as a possible match. Mr. Dillon, a 52-year-old resident of Fort Myers, Florida, is suing the Jacksonville Beach Police Department, as well as the Jacksonville and Pinellas County Sheriff’s Offices and two individual officers, for his wrongful arrest.

Dillon v. City of Jacksonville Beach | American Civil Liberties Union https://share.google/WN1Ui4yxabH8GZhpD

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AI Facial Recognition arrest gone vey wrong. (Original Post) Lochloosa Jun 12 OP

I hope he wins in a big way RainCaster Jun 12 #1

Agreed PatSeg Jun 12 #2

Unfortunately, this administration has changed the way you can log into any government agency online ... aggiesal Jun 12 #5

they haven't asked me for that yet RainCaster Jun 12 #6

Any one could see this happening if they thought it out-but profits are more importaant Stargazer99 Jun 12 #3

The surveillance state. Bluetus Jun 12 #4

RainCaster

(13,940 posts)

1. I hope he wins in a big way

Reply to Lochloosa (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 09:15 AM

Jun 12

Municipalities need to see how expensive AI can be. Only then will they stop trusting it.

PatSeg

(53,918 posts)

2. Agreed

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 09:28 AM

Jun 12

Hit them where it hurts and hopefully they'll eliminate AI technology from their investigations.

aggiesal

(10,986 posts)

5. Unfortunately, this administration has changed the way you can log into any government agency online ...

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:51 AM

Jun 12

Last edited Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Anytime you want to log into your social security, IRS or any other government account, you now have to go through id.me, where you have to create an account that forces you to use your phone or computer with a camera. You'll have to upload a picture of your ID, then id.me requires the use of your phone/computer camera to take a picture. They claim that this is to compare against the ID you just uploaded, but it's really being used to measure the curves & indulations of your face, based on the SW used, for facial recognition.
So every U.S. citizen is now unknowning agreeing to donate their facial features to their government, to be tracked without their knowledge.
https://www.id.me/biometric

I'm sure this must voolate some constitutional amendment.

RainCaster

(13,940 posts)

6. they haven't asked me for that yet

Reply to aggiesal (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 11:13 AM

Jun 12

Give them time, I'm sure they will...

Stargazer99

(3,596 posts)

3. Any one could see this happening if they thought it out-but profits are more importaant

Reply to Lochloosa (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:06 AM

Jun 12

replace the worker and you will get more of this abuse

Bluetus

(3,252 posts)

4. The surveillance state.

Reply to Lochloosa (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:30 AM

Jun 12

See Flock. There are lots of horrible stories of outrageous abuses with their data.

This is not substantially different fron the notorious totalitarian regimes of the 20th Century, except that we now do it with automation.

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