Chicago PD Believes It Can See The Future, Starts Warning Citizens About Crimes They Might Commit

TechDirt ^ | Feb 26th 2014 | Karl Bode

[Slings and Arrows]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Slings and Arrows]

Silly me, I thought that Minority Report was fiction.

[max americana]

“Chicago PD denies that there’s any “racial, neighborhood, or other such information” being used in their heat list calculations”

So it’s like Minority Report’ but with actual minorities involved?

[Slings and Arrows]

If I was sure that it was purely political pork I’d worry less. Keep in mind that this administration considers veterans, Tea Partiers, and observant Christians and Jews as time bombs waiting to go off.

[ChiMark]

Chicago was rated as one the top 15 American cities to leave! Rahm does not want to offend the blacks so he won’t hire more police or enforce criminal
prosection.

Remember Rahm is Obama’s really, really close buddy.

[generally]

“an environment where police can show up at anyone’s door at any time for any reason.”

Creepy, very creepy.

The same people who think this is a good idea think that it’s racist to profile Muslims in airport security lines.

What could go wrong?

[mykroar]

[Flick Lives]

So it’s like Minority Report’ but with actual minorities involved?

Well played, sir. Well, played.

[MaxMax]

What a great way to even the Prison field. How will they fit 80%
of White youth into those predictions?

[maine-iac7]

fl

[trebb]

What could possibly go wrong?

They have a safety net built in. They will only use it on the folks who have a history of crime - White/Heterosexual/Christian/Gun Owner/Conservative...

[metesky]

Another concern bubbling up in Chicago is that the programs are effectively using racial profiling to target already-troubled areas where crime naturally would be greater due to poverty...

Another concern bubbling up in Chicago is that the programs are effectively using racial profiling to target already-troubled areas where poverty naturally would be greater due to crime...

Fixed it!

A little.

[grobdriver]

Everyone on this board will be getting letters soon.

[lowbridge]

Hello. Chicago city police department. How may I help you?

[Slings and Arrows]

GIGO.

[null and void]

The money quote from the thread:

If I was sure that it was purely political pork I’d worry less. Keep in mind that this administration considers veterans, Tea Partiers, and observant Christians and Jews as time bombs waiting to go off.

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[bgill]

[metmom]

Law enforcement and the code creators, as you'd expect, argue that it's only the bad guys that need to worry about a system like this:

But they're not looking at bad guys. They're looking at POTENTIAL bad guys.

And ANYBODY could qualify.

After all, all us bitter, right wing, Bible thumping, gun clingers are already on their lists as "domestic terrorists".