On Point , National Public Radio: Predicting murder in Chicago

Chicago’s murder rate – with gun deaths at the fore – is soaring again. Off the charts. Up another 50 percent from last year this time, and last year was already bad. Chicago police are desperate for an answer. What they’ve been trying is called “predictive policing.” Just 1,400 Chicagoans out of nearly three million are responsible for most of the violence. So, fire up an algorithm and predict who will murder. Who will be murdered. And try to stop it. This hour On Point, predictive policing in Chicago…