False arrests and wrongful convictions: Why AI gets policing wrong

In Baltimore on October 20, 2025, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence -enhanced surveillance camera falsely identified the Doritos bag in his pocket as a gun . Within moments police cars arrived, officers drew their weapons and Allen was forced to his knees and handcuffed while they searched him. All they found was a crumpled bag of chips.