content: I'm guessing that at some point they compared the person to the pictures IRL as well... The computer was just used to find someone who looked similar to the picture. I'm guessing dude was also in the area at the time, and didn't have an alibi, and whatever else. So while the article made it sound like they are using computers to make quick and flawed convictions there is still the legal process. Also, whenever black people are convicted it isn't their fault, and the system is racist.