It did say “more than half a century”. I guess the list of Mayors the writer found only went back 50 years? Frankly it’s shitty writing.
As for Rittenhouse acquittal riots, I expect they could happen in any urban craphole but WI and IL in particular.
They will riot in Superior, Wisconsin. They’re already on edge over the anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
Edmund was a capitalist and presumed to be racist.