It's only 32% white. And that is why they want to deny permits.
They know if a white crime victim blows away a non-white criminal, it will cause "civil unrest", and they want to avoid that. They would rather do the paperwork on dead victims.
In Springfield the “crime” is pretty much contained to the drug gangs. There are parts of town I wouldn’t walk around as an old white guy. I spend a lot of time down town. I don’t feel unsafe, just hungry as most of the lunch spots have gone out of business.