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Chicago Pre-Crime - Racism Cloaked in Science

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the studies-show-poverty-causes-cancer dept.

Angry Jesus writes:

"The Chicago Police Department is mis-applying epidemiological science (the study of entire populations) to target individuals in a real-life version of Minority Report. They have decided that it is a good idea to put people on a secret list based on a Big Data analysis of their social networks. But don't worry, it isn't racist or abusive because, Science!"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Angry Jesus on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:02AM

    by Angry Jesus (182) on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:02AM (#7716)

    methinks your argument would be more persuasive if you went with s/rapist/criminal/.

    This is a discussion about racism, he meant rappist, you know, the white word for rapper.
    You'd think someone named DMC would recognize that!