Chicago Dumps ShotSpotter Tech to Track Gunfire After Nearly 550 Shooting Deaths Last Year

Chicago will no longer use the high-tech ShotSpotter system that enables police to respond more quickly to gunfire in the city, whose residents live in constant fear of dying in a hail of bullets. Almost 550 people died in shootings last year. The reason: The system isn’t perfect. And it’s “racially biased.” In a city where ...

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