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Advanced Evidence Spring 2025

Settlement Agreement in Williams v. City of Detroit

Background:

"In January 2020, Detroit police wrongfully arrested [ACLU] client Robert Williams outside his home, in front of his two young daughters and wife and in plain view of his neighbors, and subjected him to thirty hours of detention in an overcrowded, dirty cell. Mr. Williams’ was the first publicly reported instance of a false face-recognition “match” leading to a person’s wrongful arrest."

The ACLU "filed a civil-rights lawsuit on Mr. Williams’ behalf against the individual detective responsible for his arrest, the City of Detroit, and Detroit’s Chief of Police." The case was resolved with a settlement in 2024. If you'd like to see the full list of documents related to the case, you can access them at this link.

This reading: 

This link is to the settlement agreement in the case. Please read the Settlement (Exhibit 1) but you do not need to read any of the attachments.