Predictive Policing and Minority Rights: A Critical Examination

This article examines the rise of predictive policing technologies, which claim to use artificial intelligence and big data to forecast crime patterns and identify potential offenders. While such tools promise efficiency in law enforcement, they also raise grave constitutional and human rights concerns, particularly for minorities and marginalized communities who are disproportionately targeted. The paper critically analyses predictive policing through the lens of equality jurisprudence (Article 14), right to privacy (Article 21), and anti-discrimination norms, while engaging with comparative experiences from the United States, European Union, and South Africa. It concludes by recommending a rights-based regulatory framework to balance technological innovation with the constitutional commitment to justice and equality.