Black Chicagoans were most affected, constituting 53.84 percent of assault cases last month. Additionally, women made up 40.2 percent of the year’s total assault victims, with a significant majority being Black, underlining a disturbing trend of targeted violence.
If only we could use statistics to find the perpetrators of targeted violence. But statistics are racist.
Ataraxis
2 years ago
If there was only a way to figure out who is causing this “disturbing trend of targeted violence “?
Like, say, there was a distinguishing characteristic that might help police narrow down who the likely suspects were. Maybe they were wearing a Cubs hat, or driving a minivan, wearing Ugg boots, or had on a Northwestern sweatshirt? I guess we’ll never know.
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.
If only we could use statistics to find the perpetrators of targeted violence. But statistics are racist.
If there was only a way to figure out who is causing this “disturbing trend of targeted violence “?
Like, say, there was a distinguishing characteristic that might help police narrow down who the likely suspects were. Maybe they were wearing a Cubs hat, or driving a minivan, wearing Ugg boots, or had on a Northwestern sweatshirt? I guess we’ll never know.