This is going to sound horrible, but I suspect at least part of the reason people are unwilling to state that "facial recognition tech currently doesn't work we

This is going to sound horrible, but I suspect at least part of the reason people are unwilling to state that "facial recognition tech currently doesn't work well enough", is because there is a lot of money riding on it. Selling to law enforcement was probably a very large part of the plan for that sector. So whether it works or not, they kind of have to get law enforcement to use it.