1) There are cops outside of Trump towers because it's owned by a former President that isn't very popular with Chicagoans. And dumbass dipshits might try to throw rocks at windows or tag the building. Police presence there is a deterrent to petty crime.
2) Who cares if there were more or less people on Michigan Avenue? Michigan Avenue sucks. It's like 6th street but instead of drunk college sluts partying it's rich divorcees shopping on white wine and pills. Only tourists go to Michigan Avenue.
3) That shooting video is fucked up. Not surprising it happened on Puerto Rican Pride Day. That parade is a SHIT SHOW. Anyone with a lick of sense stays the fuck away from Humboldt Park that weekend.
4) Lori Lightfoot is a fucking idiot. It's not her political party. It's that she's a politician. It's her arrogance, obliviousness, stubbornness, myopia, inability to build coalitions, lack of accountability, and her plain old stupidity. She's a super shitty mayor. And Chicago is pretty fucked up right now. They need to flush the toilet on the mayor and most of the city council.
My family is spending the whole month of July in Chicago. My buddy has a two-flat in Logan Square and rents one of the apartments out. Gonna come back 15lbs heavier than when I left.