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St. Louis County abused Amazon facial recognition tech, suit says. Wrong man went to jail.

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The investigation led St. Louis County police to arrest Christopher Gatlin. Now he's suing, blaming Amazon for its facial recognition technology and officers for shoddy policework.

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