POLICE SHOOTING TURNS CHICAGO INTO PORTLAND

Looters overwhelm Chicago police in night of unrest after police-related shooting

 

By Greg Norman and Edmund DeMarche

 

Fox News

August 10, 2020

 

Videos circulating online show widespread looting and clashes with police across Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district early Monday, sparked by an officer-involved shooting hours earlier that left a 20-year-old man wounded.

 

Hundreds of people were seen looting stores such as Nordstrom, Best Buy and Macy's

 

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said as of Monday morning, responding units have arrested more than 100 people so far on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to battery against police. He added that 13 officers were hurt in the unrest, including a sergeant struck in the face with a bottle and an officer who had his nose broken while scuffling with a group of looters.

“This was not an organized protest. Rather, this was an incident of pure criminality," Brown told reporters. "This was an act of violence against our police officers and against our city.”

Brown also said a security guard and a civilian are now in critical condition at a local hospital after being hit with gunfire during the looting overnight, and he said that five guns in total have been recovered.

“I, for one, refuse to allow these cowardly acts to hold our city hostage," Brown said. "CPD will not stand by as our beautiful downtown becomes some place that people fear.”

Brown says he has now ordered detectives to comb over high-definition footage of suspects and vehicles from the looting scenes, suggesting that more arrests are coming. 
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MIRACLE IN CHICAGO.  COPS SHOOT BACK.

by Bob Walsh

Early yesterday morning the Chicago P D responded to a call for service on the Magic Mile, a high-end business district.  The call was for a man with a gun.  When the cops approached a man answering the description ran off like a scalded cat, shooting at cops as he went.  Surprisingly enough, the cops shot back.  A gun was recovered at the scene.  The alleged shooter is in the hospital.

There was MAJOR looting in Chicago along the Loop and the Magic Mile.  The cops actually arrested some looters.  A few cops were hurt fighting with rioters.  A few rioters were hurt too.

There were 35 persons shot in Chicago over the last weekend.