JOHN KASS: Chicago gangs no longer know or fear the police, and bodies pile up.

As a political man, Daley was happy to have real data to calm nervous white neighborhoods. He’d been the law and order candidate, offering stability to business leaders.

But parts of the black South and West sides were a different story.

“The shooter was typically a male black between the ages of 17 and 23,” O’Connor said. “And the victim was typically a male black between the ages of 17 and 23. So what’s changed since the ’90s? Not much, the same social pathology, and the police are expected to clean it up.”

Some call it “gun violence,” a definition greatly appreciated by Democratic politicians like those at City Hall. They can point to guns and take that voter anger over homicide numbers and channel it into a safe space.

But there are plenty of guns in the suburbs, and suburbanites aren’t slaughtering each other.

It’s the gang wars.

Politicians know that the gangs are reason for the deaths. Calling it “gun violence” is much safer, especially in wards where gangs often provide political muscle.

“Have you ever heard a Chicago alderman call out a street gang by name?” O’Connor asked. “No? Me neither.”

Flashback: Chicago Politicians Are In Bed With The Gangs. Needless to say, they’re all Democrats.