London: Police fine pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tries to cover his face from facial recognition camera

Police have fined a pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tried to cover his face when he saw a controversial facial recognition camera on a street in London.

Officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a database of wanted criminals. But one man was unimpressed about being filmed and covered his face with his hat and jacket, before being stopped by officers who took his picture anyway. The man was then fined £90 at the scene by officers..

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