Either antifa and blm are state sponsored or the local police have been taken over by the feds and have been ordered to stand down.
The mayor is also the police commissioner. He RIFed the police department. They are 300 short of full staffing, most neighborhoods have no police presence, and now that the "defund the popo" is an election loser, can't find any new recruits. The ones who apply for a job are the kids who used to set fire to small animals.