Chicago
We all know Chicago has a major crime problem. For years, the city’s solution to bloodshed has been to stick cameras everywhere. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union warned that Chi-town’s surveillance network had ballooned to a frightening degree over the course of a decade. “Today, the number of cameras in the [city’s surveillance] system exceeds, by some estimates, more than 30,000,” the ACLU wrote. “Although the number of cameras has expanded, the system continues to operate without any regulation or privacy or regular public reporting about the camera system.” Whether that camera arsenal is actually stopping crime is a matter of conjecture but, suffice it to say, a lot of people are still getting shot in the Windy City every weekend.
