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New Jersey Police Wrongful Arrested Innocent Black Man via FRT
Woodbridge Police Department falsely arrested an innocent Black man following a misidentification by their facial recognition software, who was jailed for more than a week and paid thousands of dollar for his defense.
- Date it happened
- 2019-01-30
- Organisation involved
- Woodbridge Police Department
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