“By using public data to address factors that created an environment for crime, the … project looked to widen the lens of big data technologies. Funding public resources to respond to the underlying economic and social problems appeared to offer more long-term solutions. Big data alone cannot stop the shooting without resources to address the underlying causes of violence.” (Ferguson 2017)
We have the tools to prevent so much unnecessary suffering, but not the political will. #sociology #police
@Ashedryden I think we, the people, do have the political will, just not the political power. And the five hundred families of the world who have all the political power see violent crime as an opportunity for additional control of the populace and politicians. Until we get rid of the possibility of a few thousand individuals extracting and hoarding most of the wealth from our labor, we will always be second-class citizens.