hmmm, slowly edge our way into an Orwellian nightmare shall we? Haven't we been told that slow, metered, indoctrination causes us to not notice societal changes or ask questions? 1920's Germany experienced the same thing....the gov. said "every self-respecting German citizen will be proud to register their guns", then when it became time for Hitler to bring the hammer down it was a piece of cake for the Gestapo and SS to round up....they'd already been given the addresses and names.
Talk about a real-life acting out of the Minority Report, you might be arrested because an algorithm decided you would be, sorry but we have a Constitution that specifically and clearly states Innocent until PROVEN guilty, not suspect until preemptively apprehended.
Talk about a sign of the times, what's next death sentences by self-aware "predictive enforcement" drones?
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Is 'Predictive Policing' Helpful or Harmful to Society?
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Predictive policing uses algorithms to predict where crime will occur and sends extra law enforcement patrols into those neighborhoods. The police processes historical data through a computer program and determines "hot spots" based on modeling by social anthropologists.
Reason.com asks, "How might predictive policing interfere with the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantee that Americans are to be free unreasonable searches and seizures?" Reason.com claims to provide an alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinions with its focus on liberty and individual choice. Ronald Bailey's article discusses the benefits (less crime, more efficient law enforcement) and costs (possible violation of Civil Rights?).
REASON.COM reports:
Reason.com asks, "How might predictive policing interfere with the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantee that Americans are to be free unreasonable searches and seizures?" Reason.com claims to provide an alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinions with its focus on liberty and individual choice. Ronald Bailey's article discusses the benefits (less crime, more efficient law enforcement) and costs (possible violation of Civil Rights?).
REASON.COM reports:
Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.
Chart from Memphis Police Department’s Blue CRUSH initiative uses IBM predictive analytics software to analyze past and present crime records in seconds to create multi-layer “hot spots” and better deploy officers to combat crime.
Read More: http://reason.com/archives/2012/07/10/predictive-p...
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iamco2000 2012/07/14 02:39:38
It is also akin to profiling, which though maligned, has made Israeli airports the safest in the world (old Jewish ladies are NOT subjected to whole body searches).
I personally have no respect for police in their current status of operation, they operate from a "WE against "THEM" posture, under the term of "Protect and Serve"... Based on how citizens are abused by police charters across America., it is apparent who they are protecting and serving and it is not the American people.
If America's military served our country in the manor that police do.., that would be called communism.... Bottom line there is absolutely nothing judicial about America's courts and their so call arms of the law (police).. Predictive policing is a terrible idea on top of a already terrible situation....JOMO
I just read where a cop broke an 82 year old lady's neck because she touched him. The police claim that touching a police officer is assault and assaulting a police officer is a felony so the cop threw the elderly lady to the ground with a head lock.
Smiling at an officer is disrespectful. Looking at an officer is displaying aggression. Turning your back towards a cop is evasion. Speaking to a cop is interfering with a police officer. Soon, not telling an officer that you are innocent when you are will be withholding evidence. Have you ever noticed that when a cop makes a mistake, it is always some citizen that pays the price. The Serve and Protect is Serve the cops and protect the cops...
We don't need more police, or more policing. We need people who do not live in ignorance and desperation, for whom crime seems like the best or only option.
Asimov kind of explored this notion with his fictional science of psychohistory in the Foundation novels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
In a day where we can fire thousands of rounds per minute, we don't need assault weapons or even most pistols. Civilian model pistols should have much smaller ammo capacity. Whilst having rifles and shotguns for sport. After all, guns shouldn't need to be used, they're a last resort to a potentially harmful person. In most cases, the threat of being shot is enough to subdue a criminal.
Guns and violent crime are not inversely related. You cannot have one without increasing the other.
You wanna talk about Texas? Okay, let's talk about Texas.
1. Texas is 49th in verbal SAT scores, and 46th on average in SAT math scores
2. 16.3% of Texans live below the poverty level, making them one of the 10 poorest states in the USA.
3. Texas is the state with the lowest amount of people to have health insurance.
Texas has declared war on critical thinking. They believe that the family should be in charge of teaching children higher thinking skills. This is exactly what Adolf Hitler did with public schools in Germany, and indoctrinated a large amount of German nationalism into curriculum to effectively brainwash his citizens with anti-semtic beliefs.
So think the actual reason people don't commit crime in Texas is because:
1. They're too stupid to know how to use a gun.
2. They're too poor to buy a gun.
3. They're too worried about heal...
You wanna talk about Texas? Okay, let's talk about Texas.
1. Texas is 49th in verbal SAT scores, and 46th on average in SAT math scores
2. 16.3% of Texans live below the poverty level, making them one of the 10 poorest states in the USA.
3. Texas is the state with the lowest amount of people to have health insurance.
Texas has declared war on critical thinking. They believe that the family should be in charge of teaching children higher thinking skills. This is exactly what Adolf Hitler did with public schools in Germany, and indoctrinated a large amount of German nationalism into curriculum to effectively brainwash his citizens with anti-semtic beliefs.
So think the actual reason people don't commit crime in Texas is because:
1. They're too stupid to know how to use a gun.
2. They're too poor to buy a gun.
3. They're too worried about health insurance, since they don't have coverage if they get injured.
Texas threatens to secede from the union, but what they don't realize is that we don't want them anymore. Why America hasn't kicked Texas out is beyond me. Texas' violent crime rate is actually pretty damn high. They also have one of the highest incarceration rates, and the highest rate of capital punishment.