Mayor Brandon Johnson appears to be convinced that ShotSpotter is not worth the roughly $10 million a year it receives for its services. Unless he changes his mind, and he has repeatedly indicated that his decision has been made, ShotSpotter is scheduled to be deactivated here Sep 22.
I think you’re missing that it’s kind of the point to have murders that no one reports. First of all, from a ‘juke the stats’ perspective, it’s a missing persons and not a murder, and secondly, many members of the community live by the motto: ‘snitches get stitches’. They want their own private justice system, completely separate from the state apparatuses, where every perceived slight can be remedied by a hail of bullets into a crowd, and if children and bystanders are maimed or killed, well….they also believe there are no innocents in the ghetto. That’s why Kim Foxx does… Read more »
Tommy Paine
1 year ago
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx claimed that ShotSpotter does not contribute significantly to firearms-related prosecutions in the city.
No, you clown Foxx, YOU do not contribute significantly to firearms-realted prosecutions in the city. POS!
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
I think you’re missing that it’s kind of the point to have murders that no one reports. First of all, from a ‘juke the stats’ perspective, it’s a missing persons and not a murder, and secondly, many members of the community live by the motto: ‘snitches get stitches’. They want their own private justice system, completely separate from the state apparatuses, where every perceived slight can be remedied by a hail of bullets into a crowd, and if children and bystanders are maimed or killed, well….they also believe there are no innocents in the ghetto. That’s why Kim Foxx does… Read more »
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx claimed that ShotSpotter does not contribute significantly to firearms-related prosecutions in the city.
No, you clown Foxx, YOU do not contribute significantly to firearms-realted prosecutions in the city. POS!
She also deemed it racist. She and Playa don’t like the idea of technology keeping an eye on folks in the community.
Bribery and corruption seem to be associated with this program, let it go away