They are part of the same issue: dereliction of duty by the people in charge of the city, complacency by the population that keeps those asshats in power, an

They are part of the same issue: dereliction of duty by the people in charge of the city, complacency by the population that keeps those asshats in power, and willful ignorance (denial) by everyone involved about how hostile the city has become compared to anywhere else in the country.