Friday, January 14, 2005

Police clairvoyants protect DC subway / The Register, 13 Jan 2005

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/13/behavior_profiling_on_subway/
Thomas C Greene
"Members of the Washington, DC Metro Police have been trained by gurus at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in a new form of crimebusting voodoo that purports to help them 'profile' the public, and zero in on vibes emanating from bad people.
According to a recent Washington Post article, the police are 'targeting people who avoid eye contact, loiter, or appear to be looking around transit stations more than other passengers... Anyone identified as suspicious will be stopped and questioned about what they are doing and where they are going.'"