Description: When the facial recognition search for a CVS theft suspect's face returned no useful matches due to the surveillance footage being obscured and highly pixelated, a New York City police detective continued the face search using Woody Harrelson's face allegedly due to his resemblance to the suspect's face, eventually leading to the arrest of an unknown victim.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: developed an AI system deployed by New York Police Department and Facial Identification Section, which harmed unknown.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
518
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2017-04-28
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
flawedfacedata.com · 2019
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Introduction
On April 28, 2017, a suspect was caught on camera reportedly stealing beer from a CVS in New York City. The store surveillance camera that recorded the incident captured the suspect’s face, but it was partially obscured and hig…
Variants
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