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> He described Reid, who is Black, as a spitting facial image of a man caught on camera in June entering numbers from a stolen credit card at the register of Se
by fathyb 4y ago
> He described Reid, who is Black, as a spitting facial image of a man caught on camera in June entering numbers from a stolen credit card at the register of Second Act on Metairie Road.
I'm not surprised unfortunately. I wish more research was done before rolling this out, especially on biases, but lawmakers don't care. Hard to believe this is not intentional, it's perfectly in line with the current system.
> Differences, such as a mole on Reid’s face prompted JPSO to rescind the warrant, said Calogero. He estimated a 40-pound difference between Reid and the purse thief he saw in surveillance footage. The culprit’s “flabby arms” were a clear tell, he said.
Sitting in jail for a week waiting for them to verify his identity based on "flabby arms". Disgusting.
- boxed 4y agoI would claim the bias isn't the problem, the incompetence is. The users of the system have no idea what the system actually is for, let alone how it works.
- cge 4y agoI think the comment here by Calogero, who appears to be Reid's attorney, is that the flabby arms were something that clearly distinguished Reid from the actual thief, indicative of the 40 pound difference. The implication is that the facial image was the sole similarity, and likely the only thing the police considered when jailing a completely unrelated person from another state for a week.
- bradknowles 4y agoI can see issuing a BOLO based solely on facial recognition, but nothing beyond that. They issue BOLOs today based on victim descriptions, which I think is no better than a facial recognition.