BiasHigh
Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Previously Used to Convict Chicago Man in Murder Case
- Occurred
- May 31, 2020
- Published
- Jul 8, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
ShotSpotter audios were previously admitted to convict an innocent Black man in a murder case in Chicago, resulted in his nearly-one-year-long arrest before being dismissed by prosecutors as insufficient evidence.
Developers
- ShotSpotter
Deployers
- Chicago Police Department
Harmed parties
- Michael Williams
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI surveillance system contributed to wrongful conviction of innocent Black man, indicating discriminatory impact.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8