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Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion September 29, 2022

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Last year, the House Judiciary Subcommittee heard a harrowing, but increasingly common, story of injustice. Robert Williams, a Black man, was arrested in 2020 for stealing watches from a store in Detroit. But even though he hadn’t been in that store in several years, police took him away in a squad car in front of his two young daughters. He was held in custody for more than 30 hours for a crime he didn’t commit. Law enforcement identifying... + full article



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