facial recognition

Today, we put last night’s presidential debate into the context of Michigan’s political landscape. Then, the consequences of a landmark legal settlement regarding the Detroit Police Department’s use of facial recognition technology. Plus, what makes Detroit the perfect city for bicyclists of all kinds.

The ACLU of Michigan says it’s reached a landmark legal settlement with the Detroit Police Department over the department’s use of facial recognition technology.

At a Wednesday press conference, Chief James White insisted that Porcha Woodruff's wrongful arrest wasn’t a case of botched facial recognition. Instead, he blamed investigators for using improper procedures, and failing to do any follow-up investigation.

Police arrested Porcha Woodruff, a 32-year-old Black woman, for robbery and carjacking based off a facial recognition hit from surveillance footage. But Woodruff didn't do it, and critics say this is more proof the technology is flawed, racially biased, and dangerous.

A Black teenage girl said she was turned away from a Livonia skating rink after being pinged on its facial recognition software. But the girl, 14-year-old…

A Black Farmington Hills resident has sued the City of Detroit, its police chief, and a city detective for wrongful arrest and wrongful imprisonment.…

The Detroit Police Department’s use of facial recognition will continue uninterrupted after a contentious City Council vote.The board approved a two-year…

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said on Thursday that the Detroit Police Department and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office will be reviewing the events that…

Robert Williams of Farmington Hills was arrested and held for more than a day in January, on larceny charges that he stole Shinola watches from a downtown…

Today on Stateside, we heard about the latest update on a lawsuit filed in 2015 on behalf of the tens of thousands of Michiganders wrongly accused of…