John Bryant, aka The Civil Rights Lawyer, recently did a piece about a similar case of mistaken identity. The consequences weren't as severe, but the willingness to trust the AI over any other evidence was the same:

https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2026/03/11/ai-software-tell...

In the video, it shows a police officer blindly trusting a casino's AI software, even when a cursory investigation should have given any reasonable person enough of a reason to question whether the man he arrested was the same man accused of a crime. (And then even after it was confirmed he was not, the prosecutor continued to charge him for trespassing!)

posting the video directly for those who prefer that format

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUBXN2Fd_E

as an aside how small the world is: I know-a-guy who knows-that-guy.