Real caseΒ· 2026
An automated plate-reader false match put an innocent man under arrest
What happened
A Flock automated licence-plate reader flagged a San Diego man for a violent crime he was five miles from; police arrested on a thin "red Alfa Romeo" nexus without verifying. The thread argued whether the failure is the technology or the human process β rights, justice, and care all pulling at once.
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