IT City is known for having the most Dickensian social conditions in Azadistan(which however is kind of like saying most struggling Wall Street ceo for example in Azadistan the closest thing to homelessness is culturally nomadic groups driving around the desert in modern caravans), high rates of atheism, Azadistani Mafia activity and interest in both libertarianism and Marxism.
Now that left-wing(and some say cyrpto-Marxist)film director Ahmed Smith was shot for directing anti-Mafia film "Robber Batons" communists went on the streets to protest against the Mafia influenced Libertarian Party.
The real libertarians were against using force to coerce them until they started attacking the rich.
Police trying to stop the marches made more communist want to join but also broke up some of the marches.
Ex soldiers from the Cosa Fedora War have joined a police fast-track program(La Cosa Fedora are not currently invading so we are just pwacekeeping there now) and IEDs are being thrown at police by the communists who themselves are being shot by police and mafioso for both lawful and unlawful reasons.
