Daily Archives: January 13, 2025

WaPo: Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches

WaPo: Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches by Douglas MacMillan, David Ovalle & Aaron Schaffer (“Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.”):

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FL5: Dog alert on MJ before case law said it wasn’t PC anymore was in good faith

Newer cases hold that a drug dog can’t differentiate between legal and illegal marijuana, so a dog alert doesn’t provide probable cause. Where the dog sniff occurred before that holding, however, it was reasonable under the good faith exception. Ford … Continue reading

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FL3: With a change in statute, mere possession of a firearm in a high crime area wasn’t RS

“While the officer observed Sheppard with a concealed weapon in a high crime area, under the revised statute making non-licensure an element of the crime of concealed carry, Sheppard’s mere possession of the concealed weapon did not constitute criminal activity. … Continue reading

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