iStock/pixinoo(LONDON) — A new independent report claims that 81% of suspects flagged by facial recognition technology used by London’s Metropolitan Police were innocent. The study was commissioned by Scotland Yard and researchers from the University of Essex. Live Facial Recognition (LFR) has been used by the police in various trials to monitor crowds since 2016. …
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Jul 04
Police dig up wrong bodies while looking for unidentified homicide victims
WXYZ(DETROIT) — Police in Detroit were expecting to find unidentified victims of homicide when they dug up bodies at a cemetery in Plymouth, Michigan, late last month. Instead, they found the bodies of six people who were not victims of any crimes at all, according to Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ. In fact, officials don’t know …
Jul 04
Prosecutors file obstruction charge against student allegedly responsible for death of LSU pledge Max Gruver
Rae Ann Feldner Gruver via Facebook(NEW ORLEANS) — Prosecutors have filed new charges against the former Louisiana State University fraternity member charged with negligent homicide in the high-profile death of a pledge saying he deleted hundreds of photos and texts pertaining to the case. Max Gruver, an 18-year-old freshman at LSU, died following a night …
Jul 04
Hearse from Nevada funeral home pulled over for driving in HOV lane
Nevada Highway Patrol(LAS VEGAS) — Police in Nevada have confirmed you do, in fact, have to be alive to be counted as a passenger in a car. Nevada Highway Patrol’s Southern Command shared on Twitter they had pulled over a hearse Monday for trying to drive in the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on Interstate …
Jul 04
3 Florida officers charged after video shows 15-year-old being slammed, punched during arrest
iStock/vmargineanu(TARMAC, Fla.) — Three Florida deputies were charged on Wednesday after video showed a teenager being punched and slammed to the ground during a brutal arrest outside of a McDonald’s. Officers Gregory LaCerra, 51, and Christopher Krickovich, 29, with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office were charged for allegedly beating and pepper spraying a 15-year-old boy …
Jul 03
NJ judge slammed for showing leniency to teen sex assault suspect from ‘good family’
AlessandroPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey judge is under fire after he rejected a request from prosecutors to charge a 16-year-old suspect in an alleged sexual assault as an adult, writing in a controversial ruling that the teen “comes from a good family” and is a candidate for a “good college.” The Superior Court of …
Jul 03
3 migrant children draw alarming images of life in Border Patrol detention centers
American Academy of Pediatrics(McALLEN, Texas) — Three children, two from Guatemala and the third, whose country of origin is unknown, that had been separated from their families, drew alarming pictures of what they witnessed in U.S. Customs and Border Patrol detention centers. One picture displayed stick figures of children covered in foil blankets behind cages, …
Jul 03
Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher acquitted of killing ISIS prisoner has ranking reduced
Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO, Calif.) — One day after former Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty on charges of killing an ISIS prisoner during an Iraq deployment, he was sentenced on a lesser charge of wrongfully posing for an unofficial picture with a human casualty. His ranking was reduced from E7, which …
Jul 03
Boeing pledges $100 million to those affected by Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashes
Wolterk/iStock(CHICAGO) — Boeing on Wednesday pledged to pay $100 million to individuals impacted by the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes that killed a total of 346 people. “We at Boeing are sorry for the tragic loss of lives in both of these accidents and these lives lost will continue to weigh heavily on our …
Jul 03
Prosecutor will drop charges against Marshae Jones, who lost pregnancy when shot in Alabama
DNY59/iStock(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — An Alabama prosecutor announced on Wednesday that she will not pursue a misdemeanor manslaughter indictment against a woman who lost her pregnancy after she got into a fight and was shot in the stomach. Outrage over the case against Marshae Jones, 27, had sparked protests and a national debate over whether Alabama’s …