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Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective (www.techspot.com)
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A Tennessee grandmother who spent six months in jail after facial recognition tech falsely linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation now wants compensation for what happened. Angela Lipps is suing the City of Fargo and a Fargo Police Department detective for $10 million over the incident, which led to the loss of her home, car, and dog.

In July 2025, a team of US Marshals arrested 50-year-old Lipps in Tennessee at gunpoint while she was babysitting four young children. She was booked into the county jail in Tennessee as a fugitive from justice wanted in North Dakota.

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[-] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

“Sorry you got shot, our police officers never got firearm training.”

I mean, that's pretty much most USA police departments. Average training budget only gives them about 25 rounds a year per officer... if that sounds like very little, that's because it is.

[-] Gaja0@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Sounds like the problem could be solved by halving the number of officers.

[-] Sordid_Seraphim@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If you see a deleted comment I misread what you said really feels like that should be per month.

Then again firearm training doesn't cure racism and negligence so maybe keep them poorly trained.

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