there is a difference between evidence and what could have plausibly occurred;
I wrote about Angela Lipps back in March because her case demonstrated exactly what happens when government begins trusting a computer more than basic human investigation. Now this 50-year-old Tennessee grandmother is suing the City of Fargo and a former detective for $10 million after spending nearly six months behind bars for crimes she says she could not possibly have committed. She had never even been to North Dakota before this nightmare began, yet facial recognition software identified her as a possible match in a bank fraud investigation and the government machinery took over from there.
Lipps was arrested at gunpoint by U.S. Marshals in Tennessee in July 2025 while babysitting four children. Fargo police were investigating a woman who allegedly used fraudulent identification to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from banks, and facial recognition technology produced Lipps as a possible match. According to the lawsuit, investigators then compared photographs from her driver’s license and social media and proceeded against her. She eventually faced eight felony charges, including offenses carrying the possibility of years in prison, while basic financial records later showed she was more than 1,000 miles away in Tennessee when the crimes occurred..........more...........