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New Site Lets Users Identify LAPD Officers via Facial Recognition

6/25/2025

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A groundbreaking website, FuckLAPD.com, empowers users to identify Los Angeles police officers through facial recognition technology. Launched by artist Kyle McDonald, it emerges in response to LAPD violence amid recent protests against ICE. Users can upload images to search a database of over 9,000 headshots, with a commitment to privacy—no data is saved or transmitted.

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A groundbreaking website, FuckLAPD.com, empowers users to identify Los Angeles police officers through facial recognition technology. Launched by artist Kyle McDonald, it emerges in response to LAPD violence amid recent protests against ICE. Users can upload images to search a database of over 9,000 headshots, with a commitment to privacy—no data is saved or transmitted.