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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says billboards honoring Breonna Taylor are not political
Chicago Tribune ^ | 9/25/2020 | John Byrne

Posted on 09/28/2020 4:40:50 PM PDT by simpson96

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration is using electronic billboards on city property to honor Breonna Taylor following protests in Chicago this week in response to her fatal shooting by police in Louisville, saying the campaign on signs alongside local expressways is not politically motivated despite some aldermanic criticism.(snip)

n a statement, the mayor’s office likened the Taylor messages to public service announcements the city posts on the digital billboards.

“This week, the city’s social media channels and electronic billboards are honoring the life of Breonna Taylor and countless other victims of systemic injustice with the display #SayHerName,” the statement reads in part. “During a time of healing for Chicago’s residents, we are not going to dignify comments calling this effort ‘political.’ ”

But Northwest Side Ald. Nick Sposato, 38th, said the message honoring Taylor is controversial. “I’m very disappointed," Sposato said. “I think this is a political statement, and we’re politicizing the tragic death of a young woman. We should be trying to heal as a city, rather than fanning the flames.”

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2020election; blacklivesmatter; blackthugsmatter; blm; breonnataylor; bulldagger; chicago; drugdealer; election2020; illinois; jbpritzker; kimfoxx; landslide; lorilightfoot; nicksposato; terroristsympathizer; trumplandslide
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1 posted on 09/28/2020 4:40:50 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

#SayHerName


What IS the name of the moneybagman and accountant?


2 posted on 09/28/2020 4:45:47 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: simpson96

The Dems are working to keep black folk down for another 20 years.


3 posted on 09/28/2020 4:45:55 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: lepton

#Bagman?


4 posted on 09/28/2020 4:47:07 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: simpson96

I am curious. Does the City of Chicago put those killed in weekend shootings on their billboards?


5 posted on 09/28/2020 4:47:12 PM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: simpson96

There is no systemic injustice.
STFU


6 posted on 09/28/2020 4:48:24 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: lepton

Her boyfriend shot a cop.

So how about FU!


7 posted on 09/28/2020 4:48:53 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: simpson96

This weekend there was a protest in the Chicago Suburbs against Governor Putzker’s lock down orders and the cancelation of all Sports for the balance of the school year.

The far left wing Chicago Tribune sent out reporters to ask people who paid them to be there protesting against Putzker.

Same with Mayor Lighthead - The Tribune is 110% in her corner on everything. .


8 posted on 09/28/2020 4:50:28 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: simpson96

Hmmm...as a poster child as to what can happen if you date the wrong men?


9 posted on 09/28/2020 4:56:32 PM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

10 posted on 09/28/2020 4:58:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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11 posted on 09/28/2020 5:03:49 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts.)
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Posters of Breonna are not only political but also anti-drug and pro situational awareness. Breonna was not a victim of circumstances but a victim of poor decisions. Very sad indeed. In a word tragic.


12 posted on 09/28/2020 5:06:00 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: simpson96

She needs to distract from mothers stabbing their own children to death in Chicago.

Oh, and the shootings that continue unabated.


13 posted on 09/28/2020 5:06:07 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: simpson96

Honoring her for what? Getting shot?


14 posted on 09/28/2020 5:16:51 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Veggie Todd

Apparently melanin blocks that thought.
That, or maybe Shea butter.


15 posted on 09/28/2020 5:17:21 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: simpson96

Hmm, not political, right! Why doesn’t she use billboards to talk about Chicagos death toll every weekend?


16 posted on 09/28/2020 6:04:38 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: simpson96

Breonna is black. Had a white female been killed under the same circumstances, it would have received scant notice.


17 posted on 09/28/2020 6:11:05 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: gwjack
I am curious. Does the City of Chicago put those killed in weekend shootings on their billboards?

Of course not. And that's how we know this is entirely political.

18 posted on 09/28/2020 6:20:44 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: simpson96

speaking of Breonna, ran across this little piece, and quote:

“As Hankison and another officer handcuff Walker, footage shows, Walker is heard yelling, “What did I do?”

Hankison responds: “You’re going to prison, that’s what’s going on. For the rest of your fucking life.”

Moments later, when asked who fired on officers, ***** Walker says it was Taylor.***** He later told PIU investigators that he lied because he was scared.”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gwyy/new-body-cam-footage-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation


19 posted on 09/28/2020 6:27:26 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: simpson96

To the Left, the American Flag and the National Anthem are political but billboard’s supporting Marxist Revolution are not.


20 posted on 09/28/2020 8:24:00 PM PDT by John Locke Forever (political)
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