I read the comments from the student in Illinois and sympathize but if you look at Chicago's crime statistics they show changes from year to year that seem unrelated to policies but are rather idiosyncratic. That does not mean that "defund the police" is a good idea, nor does it mean that the left wing students where he goes to school …
I read the comments from the student in Illinois and sympathize but if you look at Chicago's crime statistics they show changes from year to year that seem unrelated to policies but are rather idiosyncratic. That does not mean that "defund the police" is a good idea, nor does it mean that the left wing students where he goes to school are not a total pain in the ass, but Chicago has a distinct problems re racism. And I say this as someone whose wife managed a business in Chicago and whose brother was an executive in Chicago for a few years.
Chicago seems split along white ethnic neighborhoods and black neighborhoods and the tensions are still there. I doubt the mayor has any trust for the police (with good reason). I enjoyed Chicago in my visits (my wife stayed in Lincoln Park) but it was as if the police protected Michigan Ave and the white neighborhoods and left the South side to itself.
No advice but the problems of Chicago seem unique to its history.
I read the comments from the student in Illinois and sympathize but if you look at Chicago's crime statistics they show changes from year to year that seem unrelated to policies but are rather idiosyncratic. That does not mean that "defund the police" is a good idea, nor does it mean that the left wing students where he goes to school are not a total pain in the ass, but Chicago has a distinct problems re racism. And I say this as someone whose wife managed a business in Chicago and whose brother was an executive in Chicago for a few years.
Chicago seems split along white ethnic neighborhoods and black neighborhoods and the tensions are still there. I doubt the mayor has any trust for the police (with good reason). I enjoyed Chicago in my visits (my wife stayed in Lincoln Park) but it was as if the police protected Michigan Ave and the white neighborhoods and left the South side to itself.
No advice but the problems of Chicago seem unique to its history.