Posted on 08/10/2020 5:00:01 AM PDT by KeyLargo
LIVE COVERAGE: Widespread damage reported in downtown Chicago after night of looting Chicago News / 35 mins ago
CHICAGO — Widespread damage is reported in downtown Chicago after looting and rioting began around midnight.
Witnesses report hundreds of people smashing their way into stores throughout Michigan Avenue, areas in the South Loop and the near North Side.
WGN’s Judy Wang was on the scene early and reported seeing people filling trash bags with merchandise. She also saw crowd trashing the streets outside the stores and turning over garbage cans.
2nd Ward Alderman Brian Hopkins told WGN he witnessed people driving up in vehicles, smashing windows of stores on Michigan Avenue and grab items and drive away.
(Excerpt) Read more at wgntv.com ...
“ Vote Democrat and Start your life over every morning”
Likin your stuff today. ;)
No.
Just watched a live stream of a black guy putting a bunch of looted stuff into an Escalade and driving off in it.
Was he wearing his mask?
NO! Hang the evil bastard!
Come on over. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. 12 gage shotgun with 00-buckshot loaded, pistols loaded, AR15s locked and loaded. If I had a few claymore’s, they’d be out there also. But, I am crazy enough, the fellows across the road from me are really nuts!!! It sounds like an Army or Marine training exercise over there every day or so. They are firing away over there like the Indians have attacked the settlers!! Those guys, for a bunch of hillbillies must have a ton of money for ammo!!! We are ready for them also. So, if they come into our community, they’d better be in tanks!!!!!!
“I see another pattern - not just the rioters - but police chiefs, mayors, council members have to be getting paid off big time.”
I don’t know if they even need to get paid off to look the other way.
The police chiefs are being ordered by the Democrat politicians to stand down.
The Democrat politicians are looking the other way because they have put themselves in a political bind:
They have decided to politically weaponize the BLM movement against the Trump Administration. In order to do that, they needed to embrace the BLM riots as “legitimate protests against a racist system”.
If they were to crack down on the violence and destruction, or even criticize it, they would essentially be disarming their own political weapon. They would essentially be admitting Trump was right and they were wrong.
So they just let it happen, fan the flames, and try to blame it on the President.
But nobody is buying that it is the President’s fault, because it is obvious that stopping the violence is within the local government’s jurisdiction - not the President’s.
This is where President out-maneuvered them. By threatening to come into their cities and restore law and order, he boxed them in: They could either let him fix it - which would have been a big vindication and win for President Trump - or they could stop him.
They decided to stop him. But in order to stop him they had to claim jurisdiction. And when they claimed jurisdiction, they claimed responsibility, which means they can’t blame the President. A big win for Trump.
So they are letting their cities burn and have no way to stop it without giving Trump a win, which they refuse to do.
The Democrats literally got caught in their own trap.
Unfortunately, a lot of innocent people are suffering - hopefully they will figure out the Democrats threw them under the bus and will vote them out in November.
rioteers.
Did Alderman Hopkins report any license plate numbers of the looters vehicles to the police? If not, he’s a failure and a coward.
Wow..! your so smart.. So what are you, a teacher??
Ummmm...it’s YOU’RE so smart...not your.
It’s a contraction for the two word phrase “you are”...
Nope. I’m lots smarter than most modern teachers. What teacher worth 2 cents would let a total illiterate have a high school diploma?
In 2003 about 80% of all high school graduates could not read and write above a 4th grade level. And it’s much worse now, which is easy to see, just look at this crappy article.
And the best you can do is make sarcastic remarks when I point that out? The appalling level of illiteracy in journalism and America in general doesn’t bother you?
Why do you think people from places like India and Japan come over here and take jobs Americans would like to have? Because India and Japan have much better education systems than we do. They can do the job, while most Americans who graduated high school in the past 30 years are half a bubble off of totally illiterate and can’t SPELL what the job is...Foreigners will also work cheaper, but that’s another rant.
When I left high school, this country was rated #7 world wide in education. By 1998 when Clinton was in office, we were #17. When Obama was infesting the White House, we had dropped to #28 worldwide. That is abysmal. And yes, Bush made it worse too, I’m not just picking on democrats.
I always find it interesting that when I mention it, some half wit always attacks me, and never says a word about the initial topic. Usually a complete illiterate too...probably a defense mechanism..
You have no idea how many times I’ve seen someone try and insult me because I pointed out the amazing level of illiteracy in journalism, and it turns out they not only can’t spell what they want to rant about, they have no idea when to use the words to, too and two...lose and loose...your and you’re...like you did above...
And one of my pet peeves, using an apostrophe to indicate a plural...you do not have 2 car’s, it’s CARS...no apostrophe...an “s” is used to indicate a plural
...two cars. Not car’s...
And of course they just figure out a way to insult me some more...instead of doing something about it and improving their damn education...
If you have no idea what words to use, it’s a bad idea to start an argument with someone who has an IQ higher than your last 4 high school teachers...they were probably just barely literate themselves.
But you don’t care, you just want to rant a while and throw some insults around...beats admitting you don’t have a stinking clue what you’re talking about.
Education in this country went down the tubes long ago. You and this article are proof. So stop attacking the messenger if you don’t like the message.
Were there less shootings though?
Hmmm... Do you have any mirrors in your house? Perhaps you should take time to reflect for a while.. But thanks for the advice, I'll take it to heart.. :)
And I do agree with your assessment of the American educational system...
still ongoing in places
Chicago Police Scanner
@chipolicescan
We’ve had 3 looting incidents in the last 20 minutes, let us know if you see anyone gathering.
CWBChicago
@CWBChicago
More reports of looting. Police report people breaking into the downtown CPD station parking garage.
https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1293000616260833283
Again...tonight...authorities have lost control of the city.
Time for some stern measures.
CWBChicago
@CWBChicago
Dispatch: Caller said he saw on social media that they’re gonna loot stores on Roosevelt now he sees some cars lining up
Arm-Hair Mustache
@CokeAndLazers
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@CWBChicago
They are hitting the post office and smashing windows on Roosevelt. South of Harrison getting wacked
Chicago Police Zone 4 - Districts 1 and 18 (7991 listeners)
https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/26296
Black Japan
@blaqjapan
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#chicagoscanner Mcclurg Court Downtown Man in a car with smashed windows appears to be dead
Yes. I like it.
Trump must do something to help these beleaguered cities.
Trump must do something to help these beleaguered cities.
CWBChicago
@CWBChicago
The federal Department of Homeland Security on CPD’s downtown police radio zone...
lots of wind damage from 60-80 MPH winds and weak tornadoes across the city with many trees down in roads and houses and some power outages
so some resources busy with that
Bear in mind, they want the video to use, like Kent State.
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