This publication is specifically focused on the crime beat here in Chicago so there's definitely some bias at play. I mentioned in another comment response that the lack of cops isn't really the main cause of the violence as much as Chicago's history of corruption, segregationist urban planning, the decline in the city's manufacturing base over the last half century, and Chicago's role as a logistics hub making it an important link in large drug distribution chains. That said, there is definitely some oniony irony at play here, and in the short term broadcasting that you want fewer cops before taking meaningful action against the broader systemic issues might not be the best idea necessarily.