https://cwbchicago.com/2022/09/man-charged-murder-robbery-ch...
It's a big city. People get mugged here. I'm not claiming otherwise.
But when people talk about out-of-control Chicago crime, they're talking about the shootings, 100%. This isn't San Francisco. There isn't a narrative about crime here where like, nobody can operate a Walgreens here because of organized shoplifting rings (I'm sure they exist!), or out-of-control homeless tent encampments and street drug use. The narrative here is gangs randomly and prolifically shooting people in gang squabbles.
And that narrative plays out in Lawndale, Austin, Garfield Park, Englewood, Grand Crossing, and Chatham, not Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Logan Square, and Bucktown.
https://cwbchicago.com/2022/09/four-months-after-being-shot-...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/10/more-than-50-shots-fired-outs...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/10/online-sale-meet-ups-turn-int...
https://cwbchicago.com/2022/03/woman-72-shot-while-walking-i...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/10/boy-16-critically-wounded-in-...
https://cwbchicago.com/2022/05/robbers-who-shot-a-man-in-lin...
https://cwbchicago.com/2022/08/man-who-killed-partygoer-at-l...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/02/7-teen-accused-of-shooting-dr...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/12/woman-shot-during-a-robbery-b...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/03/shots-fired-near-mayors-home-...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/08/2-shot-outside-diversey-river...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/10/video-shows-wicker-park-mass-...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/12/bucktown-restaurant-owner-is-...
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/12/shots-fired-during-bucktown-r...
† Except to the extent that the police won't give chase in Chicago, just like pretty much every other major city, since police chases were killing innocent bystanders on the regular before they were essentially banned everywhere.
I grew up in Chicago, many of my family and friends still live there. I would categorize your experience as both atypical and extremely privileged. You should hesitate before extrapolating.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/chicago-police-sta...
I did some Googling and found this 2013 policy order: https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2018-...
TL;DR: Pursuits are only authorized, if at all, in the case of violent felonies or when there's immediate risk to public safety. See section IV.
Moreover, even if a pursuit is authorized, the rules stipulate that they have to break off the chase if there's a risk to public safety. (This is also stated in the above order.) And as compared to years prior and oh-so-many-famous car chases in California, tolerance for the risks in car chases has plummeted. (If we're being cynical, mostly out of concern for the criminal, not the public; or at least concern regarding the ire of criminal rights advocates whenever a chase results in the death or injury of the suspect.) For example,
> Officers responded to a call Sunday evening of a Tenderloin robbery and auto theft, but were forced to end their pursuit when the suspects began driving the stolen vehicle in an erratic and dangerous manner.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/tenderloin-vehicle...
