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Man Arrested For Sock Theft by False Facial Match Despite Alibi
A man was arrested for theft of socks from a TJ Maxx store under the guise of an eyewitness ID case, after the local police asked the store's security guard to confirm the facial recognition match produced using surveillance footage, despite him having an alibi at the time of the theft.
- Date it happened
- 2018-02-15
- Organisation involved
- New York Police Department
- Product, system or model
- Details about the facial recognition software NYPD used are unclear.
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