"Grandfather Sues Macy's and Sunglass Hut for Wrongful Arrest and Assault"
A 61-year-old grandfather is suing Sunglass Hut's parent company after being mistakenly identified as a robber by the store's facial recognition technology, leading to his arrest and subsequent sexual assault in jail. Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr. was wrongly implicated in a January 2022 Sunglass Hut robbery in Houston, Texas, despite living in California at the time. His lawyers argue that facial recognition is error-prone and low-quality cameras were used, increasing the probability of a mistake in identifying a suspect. This incident adds to a growing list of cases where facial recognition technology has led to wrongful arrests and misidentifications.
