Established Evidence
The police say they did not use excessive force, but their affidavit to the Supreme Court says they deployed facial recognition cameras, a surveillance van, smart spectacles, drones and videographers at the site. Even if some scans produced no match, the paper says it is still troubling that contractor-run equipment may have handled the data and that key details — including authorisation, processing agreements and false-positive rates — are unanswered.
Limits
The police have denied excessive force and manhandling, even though protestors gave contrary accounts.
The legal picture is unsettled: there is no specific statute on facial recognition, and the current data law still gives broad exemptions to state agencies while newer police-record laws apply only to specified groups.