Once again, Detroit police falsely accused a Black woman of a crime using the city’s multimillion dollar high-tech surveillance program — resulting in a $35,000 settlement for the woman that was announced this week.
Isoke Robinson was accused in 2023 of participating in a drive-by shooting through the city’s license plate reader program simply because she drove a Dodge Charger, which was the car described in the shooting — not because of any matching license plate numbers.
Identifying themselves only as the “gang squad,” at least 10 Detroit police officers showed up to her home in five patrol cars a few hours after the shooting, yelling at her with their guns drawn…