Blame shitty police procedure and too much of a reliance on technology for this one. They roughed him up pretty well too: https://theintercept.com/2016/10/13/how-a-facial-recognition-mismatch-can-ruin-your-life/ Another tid-bit 50% of the U.S. population has their face in a biometric database thanks to DMV, social media, etc...
