Gangs are as much a symptom of the city's problems as a cause. Chicago has a lot of areas that are almost entirely black -- the result of decades of deliberate policies of racial segregation -- and largely poor. Jobs are scarce, vacant buildings abound, schools are often inferior, good role models are hard to come by -- and crime is a brutal fact of daily life.
It must be the fault of all the Republicans inner-city blacks keep voting for.