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Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested
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Mattb
Aug 10, 2020, 3:36:19 PM8/10/20
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Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested
Chicago police exchanged gunfire with looters and arrested more than
100 people after crowds swarmed Chicago’s luxury commercial district
early Monday, looting stores, smashing windows and clashing with
officers for hours, police said.
Police Superintendent David Brown called the outbreak “pure
criminality,” and Mayor Lori Lightfoot sought to distance the incident
from the “righteous uprising” in response to the death of George Floyd
at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25.
“This was not an organized protest. Rather this was an incident of
pure criminality,” Brown told a news conference.
At least 13 officers were injured, and a security guard and a civilian
were struck by gunfire, Brown said.
Social media images showed storefronts bashed in and people fleeing
stores with arms full of goods, with much of the action taking place
along Michigan Avenue, the upscale commercial district known as the
Magnificent Mile.
People were drawn by a number of social media posts encouraging
looting in central Chicago after tensions flared following the police
shooting of a man with a gun, Brown said.
As police questioned a 20-year-old suspect, he fled, firing at the
pursuing officers, Brown said. Police returned fire and shot the man,
who was hospitalized and expected to survive.
“After the shooting, a crowd gathered. ... Tempers flared, fueled by
misinformation as the afternoon turned into evening,” Brown said.
In response to the social media posts, police sent 400 officers into
the area, where they were met by caravans of people arriving in cars,
Brown said.
As officers arrested one man carrying a cash register, shots were
fired at them from a passing vehicle, and police fired back, Brown
said.
Brown pledged a police crackdown in central Chicago, assigning
officers to 12-hour shifts and canceling days off.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-chicago-looting/looters-damage-property-in-chicagos-magnificent-mile-shots-fired-chicago-tribune-idUSKCN2561A1?f
Well we see why theh Democrats want to defund police this coming to a
town near you.
Chicago police exchanged gunfire with looters and arrested more than
100 people after crowds swarmed Chicago’s luxury commercial district
early Monday, looting stores, smashing windows and clashing with
officers for hours, police said.
Police Superintendent David Brown called the outbreak “pure
criminality,” and Mayor Lori Lightfoot sought to distance the incident
from the “righteous uprising” in response to the death of George Floyd
at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25.
“This was not an organized protest. Rather this was an incident of
pure criminality,” Brown told a news conference.
At least 13 officers were injured, and a security guard and a civilian
were struck by gunfire, Brown said.
Social media images showed storefronts bashed in and people fleeing
stores with arms full of goods, with much of the action taking place
along Michigan Avenue, the upscale commercial district known as the
Magnificent Mile.
People were drawn by a number of social media posts encouraging
looting in central Chicago after tensions flared following the police
shooting of a man with a gun, Brown said.
As police questioned a 20-year-old suspect, he fled, firing at the
pursuing officers, Brown said. Police returned fire and shot the man,
who was hospitalized and expected to survive.
“After the shooting, a crowd gathered. ... Tempers flared, fueled by
misinformation as the afternoon turned into evening,” Brown said.
In response to the social media posts, police sent 400 officers into
the area, where they were met by caravans of people arriving in cars,
Brown said.
As officers arrested one man carrying a cash register, shots were
fired at them from a passing vehicle, and police fired back, Brown
said.
Brown pledged a police crackdown in central Chicago, assigning
officers to 12-hour shifts and canceling days off.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-chicago-looting/looters-damage-property-in-chicagos-magnificent-mile-shots-fired-chicago-tribune-idUSKCN2561A1?f
Well we see why theh Democrats want to defund police this coming to a
town near you.
Yak
Aug 10, 2020, 3:40:55 PM8/10/20
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Byker
Aug 10, 2020, 8:53:07 PM8/10/20
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"Mattb" wrote in message news:a783jf1ohk2gkes97...@4ax.com...
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> Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested
The "new normal". I'm surprised it took this long...
> Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested
Mitchell Holman
Aug 10, 2020, 9:57:11 PM8/10/20
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Mattb <trdel...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:a783jf1ohk2gkes97...@4ax.com:
If only they had Second Amendment mayor
like Rudy Guiliani.
"just as a motorist must have a license, a gun
owner should be required to have one as well.
Anyone wanting to own a gun should have to pass
a written exam that shows that they know how to
use a gun, that they’re intelligent enough and
responsible enough to handle a gun. Should both
handgun and rifle owners be licensed...we’re
talking about all dangerous weapons."
Mar 21, 2000
https://tinyurl.com/y5ce7eaz
Source: Boston Globe on 2000 race, p. A4 , Mar 21, 2000
news:a783jf1ohk2gkes97...@4ax.com:
like Rudy Guiliani.
"just as a motorist must have a license, a gun
owner should be required to have one as well.
Anyone wanting to own a gun should have to pass
a written exam that shows that they know how to
use a gun, that they’re intelligent enough and
responsible enough to handle a gun. Should both
handgun and rifle owners be licensed...we’re
talking about all dangerous weapons."
Mar 21, 2000
https://tinyurl.com/y5ce7eaz
Source: Boston Globe on 2000 race, p. A4 , Mar 21, 2000
JTEM
Aug 10, 2020, 11:42:52 PM8/10/20
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Mattb wrote:
> Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested
Yeah, I'm officially sick of this shit.
> Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested
I've already publicly appealed to gun nuts, asked them to put a
gun aside for me in case this shit gets any more real.
Of course I live under a dictatorship so I have to wait until they
defund the police...
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JTEM
Aug 10, 2020, 11:47:33 PM8/10/20
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
> "just as a motorist must have a license, a gun
> owner should be required to have one as well.
> Anyone wanting to own a gun should have to pass
> a written exam that shows that they know how to
> use a gun, that they’re intelligent enough and
> responsible enough to handle a gun. Should both
> handgun and rifle owners be licensed...we’re
> talking about all dangerous weapons."
> Mar 21, 2000
> https://tinyurl.com/y5ce7eaz
That's not unreasonable. I actually stood next to people,
> "just as a motorist must have a license, a gun
> owner should be required to have one as well.
> Anyone wanting to own a gun should have to pass
> a written exam that shows that they know how to
> use a gun, that they’re intelligent enough and
> responsible enough to handle a gun. Should both
> handgun and rifle owners be licensed...we’re
> talking about all dangerous weapons."
> Mar 21, 2000
> https://tinyurl.com/y5ce7eaz
at a shooting range, as they took a NRA safety(?) test
with their gun.
I remember, one of the points on the test was firing, I
dunno, at least five rounds, then loading five rounds and
firing again... within a timed limit, of course. The guy was
so nervous -- because this was a test! -- that he didn't
load all the bullets! He had load the rest and fire.
He made it though.
The point is that even the NRA had a firearm course that
people were supposed to pass!
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Mattb
Aug 11, 2020, 12:12:31 AM8/11/20
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Mattb
Aug 11, 2020, 12:15:27 AM8/11/20
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none for the scum like these looters.
Mattb
Aug 11, 2020, 12:17:50 AM8/11/20
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:52:35 -0600, Jack Shit <ne...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:36:16 -0700, Mattb <trdel...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>I say build a wall around the town and pull out the police, let em
>kill each other off.
They do a rather good job of killing each other with police.
Seattle just voted to reduce it's police even though violence has gone
up this year.
wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:36:16 -0700, Mattb <trdel...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>kill each other off.
They do a rather good job of killing each other with police.
Seattle just voted to reduce it's police even though violence has gone
up this year.
Mitchell Holman
Aug 11, 2020, 9:34:53 PM8/11/20
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Mattb <trdel...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:fo64jfpiipg6e9ur0...@4ax.com:
Such is the folly of judging cities by their
gun laws. NYC residents just go to New Jersey for
their guns, Chicagoans hop over to Indiana, DC
residents go to Maryland and Virginia.
news:fo64jfpiipg6e9ur0...@4ax.com:
gun laws. NYC residents just go to New Jersey for
their guns, Chicagoans hop over to Indiana, DC
residents go to Maryland and Virginia.
MattB.
Aug 11, 2020, 9:48:21 PM8/11/20
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:34:46 -0500, Mitchell Holman
Do the guns control the owners or is it scum that use a tool for
murder?
murder?
Viktor Tandofsky
Aug 12, 2020, 12:36:04 AM8/12/20
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Viktor Tandofsky
Aug 12, 2020, 12:37:17 AM8/12/20
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On Monday, August 10, 2020 at 6:57:11 PM UTC-7, Mitchell Holman wrote:
Viktor Tandofsky
Aug 12, 2020, 12:38:45 AM8/12/20
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On Monday, August 10, 2020 at 6:57:11 PM UTC-7, Mitchell Holman wrote:
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