"This is not an affront on the police. ... What they do day in and day out, they're real-life superheroes," state Sen. Christopher Belt said. "But by the same token, the law has to be applied evenly and equally to everyone." The state's police union, however, is prepared for "anti-police" legislation.
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.