A mother who was removed from a Rockettes performance after being flagged by facial recognition scanners is taking legal action. WNBC’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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This is despicable. Absolutely should not be allowed.
Sounds like a practical use of facial recognition. You let attorneys that are suing you in and then they’ll find another reason to sue and take your money…”Oh, this part of the carpet was wet with soda and I slip and fell…”
Attorney profiling, is nothing in comparison to racial profiling. While embarrassing, she as well as the other attorneys at that firm will be fine.
I would not go to a place that have facial scanners. That is invading people privacy. That is what personal ID is for. Why are people paying all this money for ID if they are not accountable? This don’t seem to line up with the constitution. Yep we are in the very last days. Come Lord Jesus Christ.
That company is practicing communist tactics
Facial Recognition is not American?!!!!😂😂😂 what does that mean?!!! This could be used to stop a MILLION crimes!!!
Wow what if she wasn’t on the case? Ridiculous
Noted.
No offense ..Good tech .
We talk about China’s video surveillance and look at us
This is outrageous. This is not an issue connected to safety, threats of harm or security. This is an abuse of power.
Good 👍
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I’m finding it tough to feel sorry for a lawyer.
okay well what does that have to do with anything? Sorry you have no compassion just because she’s a lawyer? are you sure its because shes a lawyer? or is it just the fact that she’s a single mom?
@Zac Huh?! Why would it be because she’s a mom? You can’t just pick a random characteristic and say that’s the reason he doesn’t feel empathy for her. That’s not a fair way to debate.
@Kevin M. SINGLE MOM. It’s not a random characteristic. It’s something that was mentioned in the video and it’s something that objectively looking at the situation… she is. Something that a lot of men think is a defect in a women and like to remind and critizese women for…
@Kevin M. not to mention a lot of people have these internal biases they don’t even realize they have or think negatively of. it’s just ” the way it is” for them. So while you think that’s not what you’re actually harping on… if you dig a little deeper and find out what’s really bothering you, youll realize it is…. But most men are incapable of that.
She knew she wasn’t allowed to go due to pending litigation but felt entitled to go anyways. Hard to feel sorry for her
shoulda wore her mask, incognito
She was warned not to go , cuz they didnt want no drama
We’re going to be like China facial recognition everywhere there’s nothing you can do about it
So long as paintball is a thing, I believe there is plenty to be done.
It is cool that the technology works!
Life is about priorities.
It could happen to anyone not a big deal.
Lawyers?
Who cares?
Had not the woman been told she was not allowed? Facial recognition isn’t the culprit here.
It’s still creepy.
So, you, a person who doesn’t live in New York, get an email–among the thousands of emails we all receive at work– saying something about Madison Square Garden and being denied admission because someone at the NYC branch of your large law firm is suing them. You probably chuckle about the pettiness of it. Maybe there’s a list of subsidiaries. Maybe not. Even if there is, do you commit them all to memory? Do you just automatically think “Oh yeah, MSG is the same as RCMH.” Really? Come on!
This is a 29 person law firm. This is not a big firm by any measure for the New York or New Jersey area. It’s an incredibly small one. Big firms (like Skadden& Arps and Paul, Weiss et al) have anywhere from 600 to 800 attorneys in their NYC offices alone.
The NYC “branch” of Kelly Conlon’s firm is probably a small office space where only a few attorneys. For the record, they are only located in New York and New a Jersey and not across the country or globe.
Also this lawyer has experience with complex premise accidents. You can Google the firm and it comes up on their firm’s website. I am not hating on this firm or small firms because society needs them, but facts matter.
And it begins
Where’s hunter’s story?.
Whhhhatt
The U.S will become like China. A surveillance country!!
Wake up people, this is what your voting for, ironically your votes mean nothing to those in power. They will tell you its for your security, its maybe be one of the reasons, but its not the reason. Control is the reason!
I think they picked the wrong person to mess with. I hope she sues their socks off.
They do this in casinos too.. if you have been red flagged they will find you and kick you out
Terrifying 😳
That’s Janky 100%.
Lol 😂 kick out an attorney. 😂🤣😂 Here comes the lawsuits
Sounds about as an American as it gets. She works for a company that didn’t communicate the ban info to all it’s employees – American; she took a bunch of young girls to a show that objectifies women, further reinforcing gender stereotypes in future generations – American; and in essence she was attempting to have her cake and eat it too by being involved with a company suing MSG and trying to attend an MSG show – American. Moreover, now she’s crying about it and claiming it’s MSG’s issue when, in fact, it is her employer’s problem, at best, and her’s, at worst, for not knowing who she works for – American. It’s like all the people who say, “We need to address the climate change crisis,” and then go right home and order rubbish off of Amazon – every bit as American as not being aware of who your employer is and whining about every last thing when you don’t get your way. >_>
I’m not one to be overly dramatic. However, to call this “Orwellian” is an understatement! This is horrifying!
This is a classic retort to the argument that the technology is being used “only for security”.
Private companies shouldn’t have access to face scanners.
Insane! I’ll never go to any place that uses this dangerous anti American technology
That is just insane! That just shows how petty people at MSG are. If people really want to make a change then the people must unite and boycott all MSG owned venues, events, etc.
Msg needs to be held accountable for their actions.
This is crazy.
Shes banned, it’s not like they are randomly excluding customers, she literally works for a law firm that is suing the venue!
Remember when China started these facial scanners and GOP warned it would come here and the liberals said no it wont, well here we are.
Wow, that’s incredibly petty of the company, especially as she stated she’s not even involved in any case involving the company.
When you get kicked out at this show you get kicked and kicked and kicked…
Ok, legit. Nothing to see here.
She knew she wasn’t allowed
I swear this is just another video that our country is trying to quietly slip us into communism or a dictatorship.
Of course it’s just not FACIAL RECOGNITION ALONG WITH THAT COMES ALL INFORMATION-BIG BROTHER HAS ALL OUR INFORMATION. FACIAL RECOGNITION WILL ALSO BE USED FOR CONTROL OF WE THE PEOPLE.
the future is going to be a very dark place if we allow this sort of thing to go on
If my business was being sued by a law firm I wouldn’t want them to come in either. But facial recognition in general is a danger to our liberty.
This is ugly..
This is un-American? Nah. This is VERY American.
Looks like we need to wear masks 😜
Just glad the facial recognition actually works .
Love it!!!! They hate it when the rules dont go there way!
Love it!
Everyone always talks about how they fear the government would abuse this kind of technology. I assure you, what private industry is doing with it will outrage you…just like this case.
MSG is a private company and can refuse service at any time. Get over it. Don’t go there anymore. How’s that?
Extra creepy.
This is HORRIFYING! we literally have zero privacy.
She’s not “just a mom going with her daughter” she’s a lawyer who obtained a degree and a license to practice. One would assume she has some intelligence. Apparently, she didn’t do her “due diligence” after her law firm was notified not once, but twice, barring attorneys from the firm attending MSG venues. Doesn’t matter if she felt she was no threat, she willingly chose to violate a ban using her daughter as cover. Was she part of a scheme to pursue further litigation if she was denied entry?
These comments prove everyone hates lawyers very sad he’s not even on the case she just worked for the same law firm give me a break immediately
Ought to ban all lawyers. Can’t be a good Mom and be a lawyer.
MSG is just being a bully in this instance.
It’s actually kind of cool. I hate it for her but she was notified of the situation beforehand, her daughter didn’t have to go to the show, and the other girl scouts were being watched over by adults that were not suing the company.
How did they have her biometrics in there system where did they get ?
See facial recognition machine; destroy facial recognition machine. Period.
This is gross. I’ve always wanted to see The Rockettes, not anymore.
Our world is so F’d up!
If you’re suing me or representing someone suing me, or works for someone suing me, I definitely would ban you from my business lol
facial reognition can work both ways wear a mask that looks like someone else and bam that person is guilty not you.
Is she one of them illegals that crossed the US Border? If not, what’s the effing point of using this “face wreck” tech? There’s a movie titled “Idiocracy”. Been out for awhile. Give it a watch.
Facial recognition? Take care of yourself
Wow, free country.
That’s how you lose tourists.
Facial recognition? 🤔 and they can’t find the 11 year old missing girl…
USA 🇺🇸 *Priorities* 😳
She waited outside the whole play? 😄 🤣
Dang Madison Square Garden…
I mean… um wonderful MSG is amazing 👏. We love Madison Square Garden 😃…
*SORRY BRO I GOT TICKETS* 🎟
It’s good for her daughter to learn at a young age what it feels like to expierence first hand Progressive hate.
The Government is setting this up everywhere, just like Commie China! Soon you will be targeted for not agreeing with the Government based on your Social Media Comments an Interactions
Nothing but crap broadcasting. You fake wicked journalists!!
I would think that once identified they would just confirm who she is and then let her enjoy the show. Then, if she tries to use anything she might have seen or heard during the show for the legal proceedings it would be deemed invalid because it violates the agreements in place?
You should be able to opt out of facial recognition. Tracking innocent people’s faces don’t make me feel safer.
We should be more concerned with the facial recognition scan than an attorney being banned from a venue. All this “it’s for safety & security” is utter nonsense and the fact the guards had so much personal information before they even approached her should alarm people.
how did they ALREADY know her name and job from facial recognition? 👀 im scared
Well the website for the firm has her picture and bio on it. Also her firm is working a case on accident incident claims. She was there to gather evidence for the case she’s trying to act like it was for no reason.
So should I just submit a background check to the next concert I go to?
Me: “let’s use computers to change the world!”
MGM: “let’s use computers to be petty tho”
The USA turning into Blade Runner fairly quickly
I never trusted that Dr Saperstein from the start!
Deal with it biatch.
They are a private venue.
Count me out for ever visiting Radio City Music Hall again. If this is how they choose to run their operation, I don’t need to see their shows. Disappointing, but sometimes you have to speak with where you put your hard earned money.
Wear a mask.
This is how it will be all over soon enough… it’s already like this in China and Shanghai… and lcking people in their towns in France for the supposed “climate”… and soon if you are jaywalking you will get a ticket by facial recognition picking up you face on cctv and give you a ticket by your face and also lower your credit score… we are soo distracted by everything in the world that we are not really paying attention or doing anything to stop what is here already and what is about to come… we think these people we supposedly vote in are going to help us… no one is going to help us… we can only help ourselves… and they are using and abusing us and have been for centuries and we just keep going along with it all while being slaves to the system also known as a money making enterprise… we have to stop thinking these people are going to save is and save ourselves… but it only works if we all come together as one and stand up and say we’re not going to take this anymore.. there is power in numbers and until we all stop allowing them to separate us and box us in by race, religion and political views we all will forever be divided and crumbling as a nation and as a people… we are human.. simple as that….and we don’t deserve it… it even states it on the dollar bill right in our face a lil haha f u for us… United we stand, divided we fall!!! Yall were falling!!! And we’re allowing it!!! We have to realize we are all being killed off, poisoned, imprisoned, etc and stop it before it’s too late
In this story facial recognition is used as a boogyman to get clicks. The attorney knew they should not have been there. If she thought the judges order in another case let her attend, she could have written to the company for confirmation of understanding. She just assumed that she was special and now the law office wants to use the same tactic that they accused the company of using.
MSG don’t deserve your money! I hate that company and would not go to that company
Everything about this is absolutely disgusting.
I would have flagged her for her vocal fry.
INVASION OF PRIVACY. THESE CHILDREN WERE LEFT WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION. RADIO CITY IS HALL SHOULD BE SUED!
DID YOU KNOW THE U.S. WAS TURNING INTO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY? NOW YOU KNOW!
This is just the beginning of things to come. We will black listed for political views and whatever they want..ridiculous
scary that there is no consent to you being scanned by facial recognition for this purpose —
Petty big wigs
Humm… people of color go through this every day.
I could see maybe MAYBE if she was actively suing them. But she wasn’t and isn’t even a part of that litigation! It’s ridiculous!