You’re right. This article on Chicago shows the reality of Obama’s America.
The Truth About Chicago’s Crime Rates (cooking the books)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Chicago-crime-rates/
I grew up in Chicago, in the SW suburbs, and moved to the far North Side while I was going to school at U of I at Circle. I've bought cops, aldermen and a traffic court judge, second hand. (Allstate Insurance had a deal with the Chicago traffic courts where they would promise to pay "legal fees" for traffic offenses. In effect, they bought the judges.)
It's tended to sour my opinion of the system...