Detroit police are changing their rules for facial recognition software after a “grainy photo made from poorly lit footage” led to the arrest of an innocent man for theft, said The Detroit Free Press. Robert Williams will receive a $300,000 settlement for the wrongful 2020 arrest, which he said “upended” his life. “My wife and young daughters had to watch helplessly as I was arrested for a crime I didn’t commit,” he said. Investigators will no longer be allowed to make arrests or conduct lineups based solely on software identifications.

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