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Re:The UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent manage... by graemep on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:22PM (#46607342)
> his evidence was the disproportionate shooting of black people by police

In the UK? The police shoot very few people of any colour! Two in 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_police_in_...

Is there even a bit enough sample to draw such conclusions (let alone that correlation does not imply causation)

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Re:The UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent manage... by JCattheATM on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:39PM (#46607585)
No, in the US. That's why it was silly.

I was talking about protestors being arrested for holding up signs, he said the same thing happened in the US but his evidence was the disproportionate shooting of black people by police in the US, which while very bad is an entirely different issue.

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