Mayor Lori Lightfoot denounces
vigilantism in Chicago after white men
patrol neighborhood streets with bats
MSN,
by
Gregory Pratt
&
Morgan Greene
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
6/7/2020 4:35:00 AM
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city will not tolerate vigilantism after groups of mostly white men patrolled the streets of the Bridgeport neighborhood on Wednesday night in response to a nearby city protest.
Multiple streets were blocked in the Bridgeport neighborhood Wednesday night as nearby protests dispersed. Near West Pershing Road, water gushed from an open fire hydrant as small groups gathered on corners. Some of the men held bats. One wore a shirt that said “All Lives Matter,” one sipped a beer and another waved at an officer as he drove by. Additional groups of people, some armed with bats, lined West 31st Street.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 6/7/2020 5:39:57 AM (No. 435549)
So people who defend their neighborhoods are not the bad people. Just like the unreal lockdowns of people that are healthy and want to get on with their lives. Have these democrat governors/mayors lost their minds. All I can say, you voted them in and you can vote them out. Elections have consequences.
People who live in these democrat ran cities and states, you had enough. The first step to bring your neighborhoods back to a better place to live is to get rid of these democrat politicians. Otherwise, live with it.
44 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 6/7/2020 6:06:05 AM (No. 435558)
Correction.
So, people who defend their neighborhoods are now the bad people.
(I hate spell check).
23 people like this.
The last thing wanted are the visuals of any organized resistance to these assaults on police “racism”. This is supposed to be a popular uprising by righteous citizens to cleanse the evils of law enforcement. There is a supposition we are all behind this struggle, as we were versus COVID, Wait for the abuse of the term HERO to begin in this context. “America is coming together.”
12 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 6/7/2020 7:01:06 AM (No. 435590)
You loot, we shoot ... er, crack your skull with our bats.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
redraider 6/7/2020 7:20:33 AM (No. 435601)
Baseball bats? Doesn't the 2nd Amendment apply in Illinois? My neighborhood security weapon of choice is an AR15, chambered in 5.56mm. A Glock 30S in .45 Auto compliments this nicely.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
hershey 6/7/2020 7:30:11 AM (No. 435607)
No sorry, the Second Amendment does NOT apply in Illinois...at least to the idiots in high places.."
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
It's plain English, not 'hood rat' English. Lightintheloafers needs to just go get her hair done again, maybe the hair dresser can sneak some brains in while she isn't looking...
These riots keep up and you are going to see more neighborhoods blocking access and it won't be with baseball bats...
20 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 6/7/2020 8:10:18 AM (No. 435647)
Paraphrasing Lori Lightfoot, rioting and destroying your neighborhood is okay but protecting your neighborhood from destruction is forbidden.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
AltaD 6/7/2020 8:12:06 AM (No. 435648)
FTA: taking up arms, that leads to chaos and we’re not supporting vigilantism in the city of Chicago under any circumstances.
She and her fellow progressives caused the chaos in this city. A handful of residents in Bridgeport were attempting to protect their homes and businesses from complete destruction.
12 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
czechlist 6/7/2020 8:15:49 AM (No. 435653)
Who will stop the vigilantes if you dissolve your ineffective police force which hasn't stopped the gangs nor the rioters?
I am praying for the "silver lining" that the voters will realize how absolutely stupid dimocrat leadership is and vote them out. Unfortunately in too many traditionally democrat run cities there are no alternatives.
13 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
TJ54 6/7/2020 8:32:53 AM (No. 435672)
Mayor Daley's old neighborhood. Now he knew how to take care of thugs. If Mayor rug-Muncher wants to have Chicago become Detroit, have at it!
7 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 6/7/2020 9:01:05 AM (No. 435708)
That is one ugly woman! And without one ounce of common sense to boot.
15 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/7/2020 9:06:33 AM (No. 435712)
She comes back from the beauty parlor looking like her head has been in a forest fire.
8 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/7/2020 9:29:27 AM (No. 435748)
Picking on whites who want to protect their homes and calling them "vigilantes" will get Lori into a whole heap of trouble. Her people had their little steam-venting party and burned their own stores. That's over. Start messing with the citizens who are necessary for your people to live and that spells trouble that you do not want to think about.
11 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 6/7/2020 9:31:12 AM (No. 435751)
Stupid is, as stupid does.
Or, perhaps Lightfoot is just plain insane.
Either way, her comments here defy rational thought...not to mention, they do so while they violate her oath of office.
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Hard Nard 6/7/2020 10:05:01 AM (No. 435813)
I would love to see President Trump announce that good honest people who are tired of this nonsense should pickup and abandon these corrupt cities. Let them die a slow, horrific death.
I would think the mayors/governors of these area would wet themselves trying to halt a mass exodus. Only problem would be hordes of libs going to red states and doing the same thing all over.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
paral04 6/7/2020 10:09:00 AM (No. 435818)
Since Lightfoot isn't protecting the citizens from these urban terrorists, the citizens have the right to defend themselves
8 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/7/2020 11:05:34 AM (No. 435902)
It takes some guts to patrol with baseball bats since the opposition carry (stolen) guns. I do have to wonder if they might not be "white Hispanics."
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
moonlightflip 6/7/2020 11:08:00 AM (No. 435910)
People of Chicago: does lightfoot make you proud??
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 6/7/2020 12:22:24 PM (No. 436051)
THOU SHALT NOT DEFEND THY SELVES FROM THE GUARDIANS OF ANARCHY!
Pretty much covers it?
2 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 6/7/2020 12:50:18 PM (No. 436105)
Brave men, doing the right thing, but a bat is a foolish choice for a weapon these days.
A police officer close friend had the sad duty to hold the hand of a dying man who had tried to use a ball bat to defend himself from some thugs at the local convenience store. The thugs shot him twice in the chest, and left. It was my friend's first situation where he held the man's hand, talked to him, urging him to hang on while the ambulance got there. The victim was dead before the paramedics made it. A sobering story, which he told me the following day, and which is still very clear to me now, years later.
NEVER imagine that a club or a knife is a first choice weapon. Your enemies are unlikely to be deterred or frightened by contact weapons when they have handguns or rifles.
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/7/2020 2:42:51 PM (No. 436282)
IT is not vigilantism to protect your property, family or business...That is YOUR RIGHT!
This mayor is a political HACK and on top of that an IDIOT!
4 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
john56 6/7/2020 2:59:40 PM (No. 436304)
I'm more shocked that there are any non-metrosexual white men left in Chicago.
3 people like this.
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