Pre-Crime as a sign of power of an infallible police state is represented in the movie when John Anderton and Danny Witwer are in an elevator at the police station. John Anderton is holding a gun to Danny’s head, but then Danny states that he did not hear the wooden ball which means that John will not kill him. This is a great example of the infallible police state because the Pre-Cogs can foresee all murders so if John had taken action and killed Danny the Pre-Cogs would see that and one of the wooden balls would have had his name on it.
This term should not be a part of our society because even the Pre-Cogs are sometimes wrong about a murder that they foresaw. This is called a minority report and they are rare but they do occur. Therefore this is not an infallible police state and it is also inhumane for the Pre-Cogs who do not have a chance to live their lives when they have not done anything against the law.
This principle could have helped in the situation of the Columbine School shooting because the kids who committed the murders had been planning it for almost a year. This would completely change the story and stop the crime from ever happening and taking place.
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