Algorithms that claim to 'predict' crime are only as 'objective' as the data they're fed.
With crime data reflecting decades of racist and discriminatory policing, the tech will just say to deploy resources in the same way.
It becomes a self-fulfilling feedback loop.
Bad Cops: Rinse and Repeat.
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