Does the name Hadiya Pendleton ring a bell? The 15-year-old sophomore was shot dead in the afternoon at a park on Chicago’s South Side, about a mile from where the Obamas had a home. The liberal response to crime has been to pamper lawbreakers and crack down on law enforcement, even while residents of dangerous low-income neighborhoods have consistently demanded more and better policing.
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.