EditorialPolice are stepping up patrols on Oxford Street today over a social media post advertising what appears to be an organized mass shoplifting event
EditorialSecurity officer Simon Mackenzie working at a QD Store in Basildon, England, where they use Facewatch technology to identify past shoplifters, on June 28, 2023. (Suzie Howell/The New York Times)
Editorial Tchalare Idrissou, who said store clerks must weigh the risks of confronting shoplifters, at a discount store in the Bronx on April 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
Editorial Tchalare Idrissou, who said store clerks must weigh the risks of confronting shoplifters, at a discount store in the Bronx on April 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York State Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, during the announcement of charges against 41 people in a shoplifting ring, in Manhattan, May 26, 2022. (Uli Seit/The New York Times)
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EditorialA still image from police video shows Karen Garner, then 73, after her June 2020 arrest in Loveland, Colo. (Loveland Police via The New York Times)
EditorialA booking photo provided by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office shows Julia Crews. (St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office via The New York Times)
EditorialA provided image shows Karen Garner in police custody in Loveland, Colo., June 26, 2020. (Loveland Police, via The Life & Liberty Law Office via The New York Times)
EditorialIn an image provided by the Loveland Police Department, via The Life & Liberty Law Office, Karen Garner asks for help from her injuries after her arrest, on June 27, 2020. (Loveland Police Department, via The Life & Liberty Law Office via The New York Times)
EditorialA Rochester police officer attempts to subdue a woman suspected of shoplifting with her 3-year-old daughter in Rochester, N.Y., March 5, 2021. (Rochester New York Police Department via The New York Times)
EditorialThe Hampton Inn in Woodbridge, N.J. on Dec. 28, 2020. Parks is the third person known to be arrested for a crime he did not commit based on a bad face recognition match. (Mohamed Sadek/The New York Times)
EditorialA Shinola store where a shoplifting investigation led to the misuse of facial recognition technology, in Detroit., June 20, 2020. (Sylvia Jarrus/The New York Times)