January 6th: A Surveillance Review

Individuals at the January 6th US Capitol Riot

Our review of the 146 individuals who plead guilty in connection with the January 6th insurrection shows that facial recognition and other surveillance technology is not needed to properly identify suspects. Department of Justice data documents only 3 cases that used facial recognition. In contrast, the vast majority of cases used low-tech and less-invasive techniques, with 104 cases using tips from the public.

 

Types of Evidence Used In 1/6 Investigations

Source: U.S. Department of Justice Capitol Breach Case Data, available at https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases

Full Dataset

 
Links to CSV of January 6th Guilty Plea data

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Links to Excel spreadsheet of January 6th Guilty Plea data

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