It seems that Chicago is still on track to stay as one of the most violent cities in America. So far this weekend there have been 21 people hurt with two victims killed because of the ongoing gun violence in the city. Chicago police reported that a 24-year-old man was found lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Then, a 27-year-old man was found inside a parked vehicle. He was shot multiple times and was dead even before the authorities were able to respond. Police believe that the man was shot while his car was parked. There are no suspects yet for both incidents.

There have been other incidents of gun violence in the city over the weekend. Unfortunately for the residents of Chicago, their local government has been unable to deal with the criminality and the violence that has been happening in the city. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been unable to deal with the shooting and the murder rate with her city. She doesn’t seem to have any plans on how to tackle the growing unrest. Each weekend, there are reports of shootings happening all over Chicago.

Lightfoot has tried to use a variety of excuses as to why the city, which she is supposed to be running, is barely making it through because of the violence. She has placed the blame on the places surrounding Chicago where the gun laws are not so strict, saying the gangs get their guns from there. But the truth is that those very same places are not awash with crime.

The real problem of Chicago is that leaders like Lightfoot are more concerned about their grandstanding against Trump than taking care of her city and her constituents. She has refused the help extended by the President to quell the riots and yet she did not do anything about them for a long time. During the whole time that the city was dealing with the protests, gun violence was just continuing in the background and killing people almost everyday.