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Title		Chicago Pre-Crime - Racism Cloaked in Science
Date		Wednesday February 26 2014, @07:00PM
Author		LaminatorX
Topic
from the studies-show-poverty-causes-cancer dept.

https://dev.soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/02/26/1530231

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!"

Links

"epidemiological science (the study of entire populations)" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology
"real-life version of Minority Report." - http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/19/5419854/the-minority-report-this-computer-predicts-crime-but-is-it-racist