“President Trump was able to win because people are tired of the crime,” said Pastor Corey Brooks, the founder of Project H.O.O.D, a violence prevention organization on the South Side. He added that, like himself, many Chicagoans feel that the people causing crime have become emboldened. “Giving power back to our police departments and allowing them to do the work is only going to make things better for our communities,” he said.
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.