Facial recognition helped cops identify mystery gunman who nearly killed 7-Eleven clerk in the Loop: prosecutors – CWB Chicago

The case is the latest to hinge on facial recognition technology that a North Side lawmaker is trying to ban. Rep. Kelly Cassidy’s bill would prohibit any local or state law enforcement agency in Illinois from accessing a facial recognition database and would bar agencies from sidestepping that prohibition by contracting the work to a third party.