Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans’ financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people over who are not suspected of any specific crime, but which the government thinks may be worth searching, 404 Media has found.

The units, the name of which 404 Media is revealing here for the first time, are called Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams (PITT). In one case, a PITT analyzed the financial activity of a man who was driving across Montana, and local authorities stopped him under the pretense of an obstructed license plate and charged him with a DUI.

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[–] 18 points 4 days ago (4 children)

local authorities stopped him under the pretense of an obstructed license plate and charged him with a DUI.

Yeah cops will just make up anything if they really want to pull you over.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    They often don't have to. There was a quote that I'm currently unable to find that is paraphrased 'If I want to pull someone over, I just follow them for 5 minutes, they're guaranteed to break a law at some point' Stuff like failing to properly signal, speeding, going too slow, rolling stop at an intersection, etc. Hell, if they follow you in the passing lane for a couple of minutes they can get you for not yielding the lane.

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