Delaware police compile database of future suspects
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Police in Delaware are trying to get a head-start on cracking crimes before they happen by setting up a database that contains a list of people who officers believe are likely to break the law.

Defense attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union oppose the database, which lists names, addresses and photographs of the potential suspects -- many of whom have clean slates.

The precise grounds for putting a person on the list aren't clear. But 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.

State and federal prosecutors say the tactic is legal, but defense lawyers object to the practice.

"We should enforce the existing laws, but not violate them, to catch the bad guys," said Theo Gregory, City Councilman and public defender. "We've become the bad guys, and that's not right."

Mayor James Baker called the criticism "asinine and intellectually bankrupt."

"I don't care what anyone but a court of law thinks," he said. "Until a court says otherwise, if I say it's constitutional, it's constitutional."

The pictures are being taken by two Wilmington police squads created in June to arrest drug dealers. The units are known in some neighborhoods as "jump-out squads" because they jump out of cars and make quick arrests.

Many of the people whose photos have been taken for the file were stopped briefly for loitering and let go.

This concerns me and it should everybody....


BTT


was going to post it myself

I like this line:



Seems to be the prevailing attitude with these govt. snakes at every level.

[b]Mayor James Baker called the criticism "asinine and intellectually bankrupt."

"I don't care what anyone but a court of law thinks," he said. "Until a court says otherwise, if I say it's constitutional, it's constitutional." [/b]

This guy is a fucking Idiot !!!!  and typical of above the holier than thou elitist politician attitude.

Shit. I had one of those novelty mugshots taken when I was younger... Quite possibly a fat and glasses-wearing me on that list...

Didn't Tom Cruise just did a movie about something like this?

Statements like these in defense of draconian tactics by the Delaware PD are the reasons why we revolted against England. This is scary stuff....

Well...another reason to get out of this state I guess...

Time to feed the hogs....

After the first one, the rest are free.

Stupid Question ---> What does JBT stand for?

Jack-Booted-Thug

So then, using their logic, they should just lock up these future suspects now and prevent crimes in the future.

Didn't see the .mov but I think that's basically what the plot is.  They arrest him for a crime that he commits in the future.

BTT

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I'd be more than happy to give them my pic.

[img]http://www.theplainjane.com/flip_off/some_guy_flipoff.jpg[/img]

(not actually me, but you get the point)