Read the comments on this post. No one here wants to hear it. People in Europe, SV, god-knows-where have all kinds of facts and figures they just spent two minutes googling that prove there’s nothing to see here and Chicago is fine.
The people who actually live in Chicago just elected a progressive mayor who ran against a "tough-on-crime" candidate. Maybe those people (the ones living in the city) see things differently than you (someone not living in the city).
Sentiment here is definitely shifting in favor of tough-on-crime.