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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 days agoWell, and the other joke is that it’s a department that tries to predict crimes before they happen. If they’re “successful” and the arrest happens beforehand, then the crime never happens and they’re locking up an innocent person.
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoThe “Department of Precrime” idea comes from the Philip K. Dick story The Minority Report, more widely known from its 2002 film adaptation starring Tom Cruise.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6A9RDhDyko
Well, and the other joke is that it’s a department that tries to predict crimes before they happen. If they’re “successful” and the arrest happens beforehand, then the crime never happens and they’re locking up an innocent person.
The “Department of Precrime” idea comes from the Philip K. Dick story The Minority Report, more widely known from its 2002 film adaptation starring Tom Cruise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6A9RDhDyko