FBI Is using facial recognition to identify ICE protestors in social media videos
- lastmansurfing
- 12 hours ago
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After an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on January 7, protests exploded in Minneapolis — and the FBI started reviewing YouTube videos and the city’s surveillance cameras, looking for illegal activity.
They homed in on one man, who was allegedly caught on camera vandalizing the windows of a Minneapolis courthouse after security officers stopped anti-ICE protestors from entering the building, according to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI.
The FBI sent the images they’d acquired of the man to its “Facial Recognition Services” unit, which identified him as Thomas James-Jones. His social media profiles appeared to show the same man discussing immigration issues, per the complaint. He was charged with destruction of government property. James-Jones has not issued a plea and his lawyers didn’t respond to a request for comment. The FBI declined to comment.
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