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Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals'

Posted by timothy on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Rio writes: "A Local6.com article tells us about a database that contains a list of people who police believe are likely to break the law. It features names, addresses and photographs of potential suspects --many of whom have clean slates. Since the system was introduced in Wilmington in June, most of the 200 people included in the file have been minorities from poor, high-crime neighborhoods."

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  1. Re:Privacy is gone... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well, I guess it's time to move to a country that doesn't pull this kind of 1984esq, minority reportish profiling...Are there any countries like that left?...oh, darn. Well, time to create a new country then. Just have to find some land now... wait the antarctic is getting DSL...