swarmed Porcha Woodruff's Detroit home before 8 a.m. one morning in February while she was getting her 12- and 6-year-old kids ready for school, the federal lawsuit says., step outside," one of the officers told Woodruff, who initially thought it was a joke, according to the lawsuit."Are you kidding, carjacking? Do you see that I am eight months pregnant?" she responded before she was cuffed.
The photo used in the lineup was an 8-year-old mug shot from a 2015 arrest in Canton, Michigan, despite police having access to a more recent photo in her driver's license, according to the lawsuit.The officers cuffed the pregnant mother in front of her kids. Patricia Woodruff, 32, was eight months pregnant when she was arrested by Detroit police for a violent carjacking based on faulty AI facial recognition. The case against her was dropped a month after her arrest."She sat on a concrete bench for approximately 11 hours before being released since there were no beds or chairs available," the lawsuit alleges.The stress stirred medical complications with the baby as well as dehydration, according to the lawsuit.