Blue-haired lesbian lawmaker tries to stop police from solving crimes
An Illinois state legislator has introduced legislation to prohibit police from using facial recognition technology to solve crimes, a Chicago-area media outlet reported.
Chicago police used facial recognition software to generate leads that helped to solve multiple homicides, CWBChicago.com reported Sunday. Democratic Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy introduced HB5521, the Illinois Biometric Surveillance Act, on Feb. 6 to halt the use of the software.
“A law enforcement agency may not obtain, retain, possess, access, request, use or enter into an agreement with a third party, State or local government agency, or federal agency to obtain, retain, possess, access, request, or use a biometric identification system or information derived from a biometric identification system,” the text of the legislation introduced by Cassidy reads.
“We lock up too many people, keep them for too long, and make it too difficult for them to reintegrate back into society when their release finally comes,” Cassidy said on her website. “Rather than act as a deterrent to recidivism, these punitive measures ensure that youthful mistakes become a lifetime of difficulty getting jobs and finding housing. Often, people in that desperate situation feel they have no choice but to turn back to crime.”
Cassidy’s official biography on the Illinois state Legislature’s site touts her as the “only openly gay female legislator serving in the General Assembly.” The lawmaker is married to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s half-sister Candace.
Police used surveillance footage to locate Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela who was arrested Sunday for the murder of Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University
Chicago police used facial recognition software to generate leads that helped to solve multiple homicides, CWBChicago.com reported Sunday. Democratic Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy introduced HB5521, the Illinois Biometric Surveillance Act, on Feb. 6 to halt the use of the software.
“A law enforcement agency may not obtain, retain, possess, access, request, use or enter into an agreement with a third party, State or local government agency, or federal agency to obtain, retain, possess, access, request, or use a biometric identification system or information derived from a biometric identification system,” the text of the legislation introduced by Cassidy reads.
“We lock up too many people, keep them for too long, and make it too difficult for them to reintegrate back into society when their release finally comes,” Cassidy said on her website. “Rather than act as a deterrent to recidivism, these punitive measures ensure that youthful mistakes become a lifetime of difficulty getting jobs and finding housing. Often, people in that desperate situation feel they have no choice but to turn back to crime.”
Cassidy’s official biography on the Illinois state Legislature’s site touts her as the “only openly gay female legislator serving in the General Assembly.” The lawmaker is married to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s half-sister Candace.
Police used surveillance footage to locate Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela who was arrested Sunday for the murder of Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University
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