DC police faking crime statistics
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ShotSpotter, Chicago, and the Politics of Crime Tech
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Andreessen describes ShotSpotter as a network of precision rooftop microphones that triangulate gunshots in real time, enabling both immediate suspect pursuit and rapid ambulance dispatch. Chicago voluntarily removed it after activist campaigns argued it was inaccurate and racially biased. [1] — Marc Andreessen "Chicago voluntarily turned off ShotSpotter — precision microphone arrays that triangulate gunshots in real time — after activists argued th…" 03:40 Rogan pulls up a statistic on screen: 88.72% of ShotSpotter alerts end with police finding no gun crime evidence. The hosts debate this at length — their conclusion being that the absence of a crime scene doesn't mean the shots weren't fired. Chicago's epidemic violence makes this especially pointed: a city with constant shootings now has fewer tools to respond to them. Andreessen articulates the woke political logic — automated enforcement systems disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities, therefore they are racist — before pointing out that the victims of violent crime come disproportionately from those same communities. The civil libertarian argument he calls legitimate; the woke version, he says, doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
88.72% of ShotSpotter flags found no gun crime
A statistic cited on-screen showed 88.72% of ShotSpotter alerts resulted in no police finding evidence of gun crime — though the hosts argue this doesn't mean the shots weren't fired.
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