Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says

A file photo of Massachusetts Institute of Technology facial recognition researcher Joy Buolamwini at the school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Feb 13, 2019. Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney for the man said. — AP

NEW ORLEANS: Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of the digital tool.

Randall Reid, 28, was jailed in late November in DeKalb County, Georgia, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.