A Black Michigan man may be the first known account of a wrongful arrest based on a flawed facial recognition match, The New York Times reports. Police used a still image from a surveillance video uploaded to the state’s facial recognition database as evidence in charging Robert Julian-Borchak Williams in relation to a theft. The charge has since been dismissed without prejudice. In a complaint, the ACLU says Detroit police should stop using the technology “as an investigatory tool” as this case proves it is “flawed.” Williams shares his story and questions police use of the technology in an op-ed. Editor’s note: IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, looks at the debate around facial-recognition technology in this piece for Privacy Perspectives.  
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