Chicago’s East Side, a small industrial area and the home of many residents of Yugoslav heritage was probably better known as a hotbed of union activity and a stronghold for the Daley machine than it was for gangsters. Nonetheless “The Night Chicago Died” put the community on the map.
I remember the 68 Democratic Convention and police clubbing the students over the head in Grant Park. Meanwhile Daley had all the Black gang leaders and trouble makers rounded up and sent on a Caribbean Cruise. You never saw one Black rioting during those riots.
Cities burning are not fun.