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Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Convicted Black Rochester Man of Shooting Police
ShotSpotter's "unreliable" audio was used as scientific evidence to accuse and convict a Black man of attempting to shoot Rochester's city police, whose conviction was later reversed by a county judge.
- Date it happened
- 2016-04-01
- Organisation involved
- Rochester Police Department
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