The NBA's Boston Celtics are speaking out against Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker's decision to remove rules around use of facial recognition by law enforcement. Baker’s rejection of this section of the police reform bill is deeply troubling because this technology supercharges racial profiling by police and has resulted in the wrongful arrests of innocent people.
The Celtics' message is simple: their celebrity, and larger than life profile, don't shield them from being Black, and all the racial profiling that comes along with it. That includes facial recognition technology that leads to false positives and wrongful arrests because it can't distinguish between Black faces.
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