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jmg257

(11,996 posts)
1. Seems like Chicago could benefit from this type of program...
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 09:34 AM
Jul 2016

"In a city of 2.7 million people, about 1,400 are responsible for much of the violence, Mr. Johnson said, and all of them are on what the department calls its Strategic Subject List.

So far this year, more than 70 percent of the people who have been shot in Chicago were on the list, according to the police, as were more than 80 percent of those arrested in connection with shootings."

“We are targeting the correct individuals,” Mr. Johnson said. “We just need our judicial partners and our state legislators to hold these people accountable.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/armed-with-data-chicago-police-try-to-predict-who-may-shoot-or-be-shot.html

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Seems like Chicago could benefit from this type of program... jmg257 Jul 2016 #1
My thought exactly. NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #4
Works for me. Brickbat Jul 2016 #2
K&R... It is more the job of government to empower... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #3
No, we need to ban telescoping stocks. To send a message. krispos42 Jul 2016 #5
Actually we should just demand a special investigation and clearance... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #6
Lol! krispos42 Jul 2016 #10
Don't forget a bazillion dollar Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #11
Hold on, now, this smacks of liberal/progressive thought! Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #7
You're right sarisataka Jul 2016 #9
Works for me. nt jonno99 Jul 2016 #8
Sounds a lot like profiling to me. Calista241 Jul 2016 #12
Profiling without arrest or charges isn't wrong n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #13
Profiling is a proven tactic ManiacJoe Jul 2016 #14
On second thought... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #16
kick for visibility n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #15
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