Nijeer Parks facial recognition wrongful arrest, jailing

Nijeer Parks annnounced he would sue Jersey City police department for false arrest, false imprisonment and violation of his civil rights for misidentifying him using facial recognition.

Parks, a 33-year-old Black man, had been arrested for purportedly shoplifting from a candy shop in Woodbridge, New Jersey. 

The real cuplrit had given the police a fake driver's licence with Park's photograph before absconding, leading to the police issuing a warrant for Parks' arrest. 

Parks had never been to Woodbridge, had never owned a driver's licence and had a sound alibi.

Having feigned an asthma attack during a police interrogation, Parks was arrested, denied bail and held for 10 days. 

Parks was finally released and the case against him dismissed for lack of evidence.