Future criminals being watched

Police in Wilmington, Delaware have developed a database of future criminals, mostly nonwhites, who are considered likely to break the law. Many of these suspects have squeaky-clean records, so it’s not clear how this is advance over the more traditional practice of criminalizing anyone caught DWB (Driving While Black).

This reminds me very little of Philip Kerr’s science-fiction novel A Philosophical Investigation, about a government database of likely serial killers. In that story, a man finds his own name on the list and decides to kill everyone else on the list.

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