More than 50 New York Police Department officers in riot gear raided the home of a Black Lives Matter activist last week after using facial recognition software to track him down, Gothamist reported . NYPD spokeswoman Sgt. Jessica McRorie issued a statement to CNN, saying police have been pursuing 28-year-old Derrick Ingram "for an assault on a police officer" during a protest in Manhattan on June 14. According to the officers' complaint, Ingram "placed a handheld megaphone directly against the officer's ear, activated the megaphone and yelled, causing pain and protracted impairment of hearing." Police confirmed its use of facial recognition software in a statement to Gothamist. "The NYPD uses facial recognition as a limited investigative tool, comparing a still image from a surveillance video to a pool of lawfully possessed arrest photos," a spokesperson told the publication, adding that "no one has ever been arrested solely on the basis of a computer match." Gothamist reported...
