Chicago police return fire as looters hit
Mag Mile, smashing windows and
confronting officers
Chicago Tribune,
by
Paige Fry
&
Jeremy Gorner
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
8/10/2020 10:38:50 AM
Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said.
The officers had stopped several people on Lake Street near Michigan Avenue when shots were fired from a passing car around 4:30 a.m., nearly five hours into the widespread vandalism, according to police spokesman Tom Ahern. No officers were shot but a squad car was hit, he said. It was not known if anyone in the gunman’s car was shot.
Ahern said other officers were injured through the night.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
TJ54 8/10/2020 10:42:29 AM (No. 505178)
In 1968 Mayor Daley issued a shoot to kill order and the riots "miraculously" stopped.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
greggojo 8/10/2020 10:48:31 AM (No. 505197)
This is absolutely terrible. Bring in the National Guard if need be, but end this inexcusably barbaric behavior. Arrest and put the perpetrators in jail. Shame on the Democrat political leaders for condoning (if not encouraging) this.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
davew 8/10/2020 10:49:38 AM (No. 505203)
I guess its just a coincidence that the same chaos happening in Chicago is repeated in Portland, Minneapolis, New York, and Washington, DC. Maybe people at the DOJ should start looking at this as an internationally funded and nationally coordinated terrorist movement and not some "peaceful" protest in response to the death of George Floyd. The problem is that there are powerful corporate interests with deep financial interests in China that have been recruiting and supporting sympathizers to the BLM insurrection at all levels of the DOJ and state government for years. Where are the prosecutions?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 8/10/2020 11:00:40 AM (No. 505214)
They are all leftist controlled cities. If it weren't for the law abiding innocents caught in the mayhem I would say let it burn.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 8/10/2020 11:04:18 AM (No. 505219)
Citizens of Chicago, it's time for some soul searching.
17 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 8/10/2020 11:05:08 AM (No. 505222)
Typical of under educated and agenda driven Journolists fta:"Two people were arrested and a police car was shattered by a brick, police added."
Hell of a brick. That line by itself should spawn several follow up questions. 1. Where did the perp get the brick? Any Chicago Bulls game?2. Who paid for the brick? Lebron James? I could have sworn that guy was a bought and paid for Laker! 3. Were the two arrested brick throwers or purchasers?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Clinger 8/10/2020 11:12:46 AM (No. 505228)
I'm at a bit of risk of being wrong here since I refuse to pay for the Trib and cannot open the article. But from other sources I understand the headline not only to be factually incorrect but by design intended to throw gasoline on the fire. The headline implies that police are shooting at the rioters, to the best of my knowledge that is absolutely not the case.
Police returned fire in Englewood no where near the location of the riot after a potential suspect fired upon them.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MissGrits 8/10/2020 11:20:34 AM (No. 505239)
#1 what you said. However, as crooked as Daley was, he still knew the relevance and advantage of maintaining control. Also, he was white, and be it white or black who rioted or looted, his order was “shoot”! Race was not an issue. Chicago’s black mayor only sees race and would NEVER order to shoot cause largely blacks are doing the looting!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
joseph1 8/10/2020 11:45:43 AM (No. 505277)
Its time to built water gun trucks. It is much better than tear gas.
3 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 8/10/2020 12:08:37 PM (No. 505302)
I think the headline is a lie.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hershey 8/10/2020 12:30:53 PM (No. 505334)
They are finally shooting back?? About freaking time!!!! Give some of them a 'dirt nap' and this might stop this insanity....
Another question, where are these rioters staying, who is feeding them, who is providing transportation, who is giving them water, who is paying them???
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 8/10/2020 1:15:27 PM (No. 505386)
For a couple of years back in the ‘70’s, I was a police officer in downstate Illinois. Back then, the Illinois criminal code had a section for what was called “forcible felonies.” Among them were murder, rape, armed robbery, aggravated battery, and LOOTING. The law allowed the immediate use of deadly force, by either law enforcement officers or civilians, to prevent or stop the perpetrator. Too bad that was done away with.
4 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Luandir 8/10/2020 2:32:46 PM (No. 505485)
Mostly peaceful.
2 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
rytwng 8/10/2020 3:15:03 PM (No. 505533)
Bring back Mayor Daley he would stop these Democrat thugs.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/11/2020 8:38:01 AM (No. 506043)
#1 pointed out the answer...PERIOD!
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