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Fourth instance of mob violence this year shuts down Chicago’s fanciest shopping district
American Thinker ^ | 08/18/2018 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 08/18/2018 4:38:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Business interests and police are doing their best to minimize attention to the slide into mob rule of the streets in Chicago’s nicest, most famous neighborhood.  But shoppers, tourists, and ordinary working Joes and Janes can no longer take for granted the freedom to walk around Chicago’s upscale shopping district along North Michigan Avenue near the famous Water Tower. Four times this year, mobs of “urban youths” have taken to “wilding” and attacking random pedestrians while looting stores.

The latest instance happened on Tuesday. CBS Chicago reports:

A brawl involving dozens of teenagers broke out near Chicago’s Water Tower Place Tuesday night, prompting a flurry of 911 calls as the mob spread to Chicago Avenue and State Street.

The disturbance grew so large at one point that some businesses in Chicago’s busiest tourist district were forced to shut down

One person who witnessed the fight asked to stay anonymous, but told CBS that a group of about seven teenagers jumped a person walking down Chicago Avenue between Wabash Avenue and Rush Street.

How much longer are people going to feel free to spend a carefree hour or two browsing among the fine stores, restaurants and other establishments under these circumstances? How much longer are merchants going to continue to operate there, when:

Witnesses reported seeing teenagers and adults fighting at Chicago Avenue and State Street, prompting McDonald’s and Chick-Fil-A to lock up.

The police resorted to barricading the streets and forcing the crowd toward train stations to take them out of the area.

There is clear evidence that the merchants and real estate interests are seriously concerned, and trying to avoid public panic


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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blackprivilege; chicago; gangs; mobviolence
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To: SeekAndFind

“But shoppers, tourists, and ordinary working Joes and Janes can no longer take for granted the freedom to walk around Chicago’s upscale shopping district along North Michigan Avenue”

Excellent! Anything to give Emanuel ulcers.


21 posted on 08/18/2018 5:07:04 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Re#7:
Ain’t that Barry Manilow?


22 posted on 08/18/2018 5:07:12 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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To: donna

“The report is about how the police didn’t FORCE anyone to leave.”

CPD is basically standing down. I don’t blame them.


23 posted on 08/18/2018 5:09:04 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems like police are only there to protect the Democratic leadership. The citizens?
They are for taxes.


24 posted on 08/18/2018 5:11:07 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m sure those cops in your late ‘60s photo are WWII vets.


25 posted on 08/18/2018 5:12:03 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: TheZMan
Chicago, let me introduce you to Detroit. This is your future.

Sorry cowpoke but Detroit's future is heading into a better direction than you think...........Stick with them heffers dude.

26 posted on 08/18/2018 5:13:16 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Chicago has CCL and Water Tower doesn’t have any “no guns” signs. I walked by there last week.

L


27 posted on 08/18/2018 5:14:37 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Artemis Webb

I thought it was Gene “Wilder”.


28 posted on 08/18/2018 5:14:57 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: SeekAndFind

first off, never let an immature, petulant little boy be mayor.


29 posted on 08/18/2018 5:20:36 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: donna

Black Mobs Matter?


30 posted on 08/18/2018 5:21:23 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

We own a condo 2 blocks from Watertower, trying to sell it and can’t. A once great city is now unsafe no matter where you are. Thanks Mr. Mayor.


31 posted on 08/18/2018 5:25:28 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: SeekAndFind
Witnesses reported seeing teenagers and adults fighting at Chicago Avenue and State Street, prompting McDonald’s and Chick-Fil-A to lock up.

I see Chicago values has indeed closed down a Chick-Fil-A

32 posted on 08/18/2018 5:28:32 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Dave911

What the hell are you doing there?


33 posted on 08/18/2018 5:33:10 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I think Detroit is on a better trajectory than Emanuelago.


34 posted on 08/18/2018 5:35:04 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

I’m not there, just own a condo there. We used to go there often but not any more. Want to buy a 2bd2ba condo?


35 posted on 08/18/2018 5:38:48 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m going to use deductive reasoning here ...


36 posted on 08/18/2018 5:43:48 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Only MS-13 and Democrats want ICE Abolished)
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To: SeekAndFind

Back in the 1968 Detroit riots, Michigan called out the state national guard from the Upper Peninsula, which included Nam vets. A car full of Detroit natives tried to break through a barricade. The grunt in the jeep opened fire with the .50 cal.

Two days later the rioting ended, and the Yoopers returned home.


37 posted on 08/18/2018 5:45:07 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: frank ballenger

Your tag line is absolutely correct!


38 posted on 08/18/2018 5:52:15 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: SeekAndFind

When I see “mob violence” and Chicago in a headline I think Al Capone.


39 posted on 08/18/2018 5:53:29 PM PDT by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

These “youths” destroy everything they touch. No exceptions.


40 posted on 08/18/2018 5:54:24 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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