Policing increasingly justifies killing people for hypothetical future crimes

Evidence

I saw any number of comments last night to the effect of “well, he had a gun, what was he going to do with it?” Again, this is terrifying: apparently, it was OK to kill Mark Duggan because of what he might have done. The era of pre-crime is truly upon us. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1752

Categorization

• XREF: Pre-crime logic connects to surveillance and Minority Report-style anticipatory state power themes in the reader’s thinking about security states. — connects to: The modern state makes killing-without-penalty a routine potential status; Predictive policing algorithms tagged Uyghur women as terrorists before arrest. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 531; Totalitarian policing targets objective dangerousness rather than culpable actions

Broader Connections

• The modern state makes killing-without-penalty a routine potential status #expands (0.85)
• Totalitarian policing targets objective dangerousness rather than culpable actions #expands (0.85)
• Predictive policing algorithms tagged Uyghur women as terrorists before arrest. #exemplifies (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 531