Detroit woman sues city over false carjacking arrest while 8 months pregnant due to bogus facial recognitionBy David Propper
August 6, 2023
A Detroit woman said she was falsely arrested for carjacking while eight months pregnant due to faulty facial recognition technology, according to a new lawsuit.
Porcha Woodruff, a mother of three, said she thought cops were joking when they showed up to take her into custody in February on charges of robbery and carjacking, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday in US District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan.
“Are you kidding, carjacking? Do you see that I am eight months pregnant,” Woodruff told one officer who told her she had a warrant for her arrest on Feb. 16, the lawsuit alleges.
“I was scared, that was the main thing,” Woodruff told The Post Sunday evening after realizing cops weren’t joking. “What is going on?”
“There was no sympathy, there was like ‘OK let’s pause,’” she added.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/06/porcha-woodruff-sues-detroit-after-police-arrested-her-8-months-pregnant/
