GOVEROTRAGEOUS: OOOPS, facial recognition got it wrong

Saturday, March 21, 2026

https://boingboing.net/2026/03/12/grandmother-jailed-108-days-after-facial-recognition-got-it-wrong.html

Grandmother jailed 108 days after facial recognition got it wrong
Ellsworth Toohey 4:44 pm Thu Mar 12, 2026

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Fargo police had identified her as a bank fraud suspect using AI facial recognition software. The software was wrong.

Lipps spent nearly four months in a Tennessee jail without bail — classified as a fugitive, she had no hearing, no interview, nothing. North Dakota officers didn’t retrieve her until October 30, 108 days after the arrest.

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Sorry, but which politicians and bureaucrats are going to jail for 108 days?

In another great example of “justice” (habeas corpus for me but not for thee), this lady lost everything due to a “software error”.  Even a modest amount of investigation would have prevented this.

Hope she gets a good lawyer and can penetrate “qualified immunity”!

Argh!

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POLITICAL: Stop shielding criminal police

Saturday, January 10, 2026

https://downsizedc.org/act/qualified-immunity-end-it-2/

Qualified Immunity: End it!
Stop shielding criminal police

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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that qualified immunity did NOT protect the cops this time. That means that citizens of the 5th Circuit – in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi – may now have slightly greater protection against police misconduct.

Sadly, qualified immunity continues to protect cops when they lock prisoners in sewage-flooded cells, assault innocent people with tear gas, steal hundreds of thousands of dollars, and shoot kids while attempting to murder dogs. Only congressional legislation can fix this problem once and for all, especially given that the Supreme Court declined to hear the most recent qualified immunity case. 

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The litany of offenses of police, politicians, and bureaucrats is undeniably long and an affront to justice.

Time to have Congress correct it and put accountability back where it belongs.

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