Above Photo: Chicago students demand police get out of their schools. Fight Back! News / Joe Iosbaker. Chicago, Illinois – On June 2, 250 students at Little Village Lawndale High School (LVLHS) in Chicago walked out of school to demand “Police out!” They marched through Little Village, which is the largest Latino neighborhood in Chicago, to the North Lawndale neighborhood, which is a Black community. The protest was organized by the LVLHS FightBack student group, which called for “Black and Brown Unity.” Other demands raised by the students included equitable funding for all four schools. They explained there are four separate […]
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Chicago, Illinois – Hundreds of protesters took part in a rally yesterday at Wells & South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in protest of the recent Israeli raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The protest in Chicago came in the aftermath of a series of raids since April 15 in which the Israeli Police used brutal force against Muslim worshipers praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem in an attempt to empty the holy site to make way for Israeli radicals to celebrate Passover there. The protesters waved flags of Palestine and banners that called on the […]
At Chicago’s Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) affiliate, WTTW (Window to the World), two dozen broadcast technicians have been on strike since March 16 in a battle to preserve their jobs and safeguard quality media production. The walkout marks the first work stoppage in the station’s 67-year history. The strikers — members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1220 — include camera operators, editors, graphic artists, lighting technicians and audio professionals who do the behind-the-scenes work producing local news and documentary programs for WTTW, including the nightly news broadcast Chicago Tonight. The union and management have been in contract negotiations since May of last year. “While the world got to work […]
Above photo: For over a decade, privatized parking meters like the one pictured here have been a common sight on Chicago streets, though before 2008 parking fees were collected by the city directly. Dave Byrnes/Courthouse News. The privatization of Chicago’s parking meters over a decade ago foreshadowed modern austerity politics in the Windy City and beyond. Chicago, IL – Parking on most streets in Chicago will cost you at least $2 an hour. In some busier areas that jumps up to $4.50, and the downtown Loop area can run as high as $7. You’d be hard pressed to find pricier street […]
Above Photo: Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks in Chicago on December 12, 2020. Max Herman / NurPhoto via Getty Images. And Now They’re Locked Out. The Teachers’ Union Demanded Greater Safety Measures In Classrooms, And In Response The School District Cancelled Classes And Locked Educators Out Of Online Learning Platforms. As Covid-19 cases surge to record levels, the 25,000-member Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is once again in a standoff with the city’s school system to increase safety measures for educators, students and communities. After Mayor Lori Lightfoot repeatedly refused the union’s proposals for stronger Covid-19 mitigations in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) amid […]
The Neo-Nazi Group Behind Racist Attacks And Charlottesville Violence Antifascists in Chicago have issued a call for a community mobilization against the neo-Nazi group, Patriot Front, who has stated that they plan to rally alongside the March for Life anti-choice demonstration on January 8th. Patriot Front is the same group that is behind a wave of racist and anti-Semitic attacks and vandalism across the US, but is perhaps best known for its role in the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville in 2017, when the group was called Vanguard America. In leaked audio from a recorded meeting in December filled with racial slurs and screams of […]
Scheer Intelligence: What They Got Wrong In ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. December 11, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: What They Got Wrong In ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’2020-12-112020-12-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/chicago-7-new-e1607711944195.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. The historian, who wrote “Conspiracy in the Streets” on the subject of the Netflix film, sets the record straight on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” an Aaron Sorkin film that recently aired on Netflix, brought an important chapter in the history of American activism to screens around the globe. Based on real events, the film dramatizes the 1969 […]
Dozens File Federal Suit Alleging Chicago Police Abuse This Year By Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune. November 20, 2020 Dozens File Federal Suit Alleging Chicago Police Abuse This Year2020-11-202020-11-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/chicagopol.png200px200px Above photo: Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower hold back protesters in the Loop on May 30, 2020, during a rally and march to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune. Chicago was still struggling with looting and violence in the wake of police protests late this spring when Amika Tendaji and Jasson Perez heard about a mellow demonstration against […]
19 Oct, 2020 01:14 Follow RT on A man has scaled the Trump Tower in Chicago, with reports claiming he is demanding to speak with the president and threatening to cut his rope and jump if not allowed to. Multiple videos and photos shared on social media showed the man dangling on a rope around 16th floor of the 98-story Trump Tower in Chicago on Sunday night. DETAILS TO FOLLOW #ChicagoThe man dangling from Trump Tower is reported to be an Asian-American male in his early-20s.He is threatening to cut the rope if he does not get to speak with Donald Trump. […]
An 18-year-old man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor after he was caught on a livestream abusing a seven-year-old student in the middle of an online class in Chicago. The shocking incident occurred in somewhere West Chesterfield during a break from an online class on Thursday, when the teacher asked the students to mute themselves and turn off their cameras. The young victim’s camera, however, remained on and caught the sexual abuse act – live-streaming it to multiple students, as the teacher desperately urged them to log off immediately. When police raided the victim’s house to […]
Olga Quiroga taught in the city’s public schools for three decades as a bilingual educator and was known for her patience and passion for teaching immigrant students. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Chicago has lost a beloved teacher to COVID-19. Olga Quiroga taught in the city’s public schools for three decades. She was a bilingual educator known for her patience and her passion for helping immigrant students, a journey she understood personally when she came to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1980s. Olga Quiroga died on October 1, just a day after her 58th birthday. We’re joined now by Giovanna Quiroga, who […]
An African-American man, Jacob Blake, a resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer during an arrest attempt on 23 August. The incident triggered massive protests in Kenosha and elsewhere in the US after a video of the shooting, which left Blake paralyzed from the waist down, was posted online. Jacob Blake, shot by police seven times in the back in August, has been discharged from a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hospital and has been sent to Chicago, Illinois, for rehabilitation, according to his lawyer, Patrick Cafferty. “[Blake is] in a spinal injury rehabilitation center […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Justice Department’s operation to crack down on inner-city violence has led to a significant reduction in homicides in Chicago, Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday. “I am pleased to report that Operation Legend is working. Crime is down and order is being restored,” Barr said at a press conference in the Windy City. “Operation Legend’s success is perhaps most dramatic here in Chicago.” Since the operation was expanded to Chicago on July 22, Barr added, homicides in the city have fallen by 50 percent. Barr said, overall, the nine-city initiative has resulted in more than […]
The FBI has issued an alert to Chicago police warning that nearly three dozen street gangs may have struck an agreement to shoot any officer seen with their gun drawn in public “on-site,” according to a local news report. FBI officials in Chicago recently issued a “situational information report” to Chicago law enforcement, pointing to a possible multi-gang pact to gun down officers in the streets, a local ABC affiliate reported on Monday. “Members of these gang factions have been actively searching for, and filming, police officers in performance of their official duties,” the FBI alert said. “The purpose of which […]
These radical Marxists are teaching children in Chicago. California marxists with The Alternative International Movement built a guillotine outside of Jeff Bezos’s home.The group posted the video on their Facebook page saying, “This guillotine is a – for the moment – nice warning to those bosses who gorge themselves on our backs and despise us.” Advertisement – story continues below The Chicago Teachers Union cheered this threat.They too are complete Marxists. TRENDING: Kyle Rittenhouse Was Working as a Lifeguard in Kenosha the Day of the Shooting, Went to Clean Vandalism at School After Work Hat Tip Dottie Source link
In Chicago the Black Lives Matter mob in Chicago beat a piñata pig symbolizing a police officer on Saturday night. This took place in front of a police line. Advertisement – story continues below BLM beating piñata pigs in Chicago signifying police and their funding pic.twitter.com/iSrTxEovCJ — Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) August 23, 2020 TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — She Even Posted It Online! The BLM mob then danced around the severed head of the pig.But only the black protesters were allowed to dance up front […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended her increase of police protection in her neighborhood as well as the banning of protests in other residential areas. Mayor Lightfoot stated, “This is a different time like no other. And I’m not going to make any excuses for the fact that given the threats that I personally received, given the threats to my home and my family, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that they are protected. And I make no apologies whatsoever for that. We are living in a very different time. And I’ve seen the threats that have come […]
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Violence erupted in Chicago AGAIN on Saturday evening. Chicago police clashed with violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa militants in the Loop on Saturday night. Advertisement – story continues below The police formed a riot line and advanced as left-wing rioters retreated on Randolph in the Loop. WATCH: TRENDING: Garbage DC Website Known for Promoting Conspiracies Attacks Gateway Pundit After Crashing White House Press Corps Coven Police continuing to advance as protesters retreat west here on Randolph in the #Loop. #ChicagoProtesters pic.twitter.com/EVLxsIFaoE — Grace Del Vecchio (@delvecchiograce) August 16, 2020 Advertisement – story continues below Police used their riot batons to […]
Bridges that lead into downtown Chicago were raised to limit access after looting and vandalism late Sunday and early Monday. Police made more than 100 arrests during the night of unrest and confiscated five guns. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Bridges that lead into downtown Chicago were raised to limit access after looting and vandalism late Sunday and early Monday. Police made more than 100 arrests during the night of unrest and confiscated five guns. Scott Olson/Getty Images Hundreds of people looted high-end shops on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile overnight and early Monday morning with police officers […]
It’s a peaceful protest. A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city. The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first. The guard, who has not yet been identified, is said to be in stable condition. TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Pulls Gun on Truck Driver, Then Mob Hurls Bottles at Vehicles who Want to Get Through Their Roadblock — Update: Gunman Identified – Jonathan Howe Officers can’t get EMS in to get security guard that has been shot. BLM […]
More than 100 people were arrested Monday, and at least two were shot, following a night of chaos in Chicago’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of downtown after crowds smashed windows and looted storefronts in a move that city authorities are calling “pure criminality.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the looting an “assault on the city,” and officials have stressed it was not connected to any organized protest, but seemingly spurred after a police-involved shooting in the city’s Englewood section on Sunday afternoon. Hours after the shooting, police responded to reports of widespread vandalism just after midnight on North […]
A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city. The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first. Advertisement – story continues below The guard, who has not yet been identified, is said to be in stable condition. Officers can’t get EMS in to get security guard that has been shot. BLM is blocking the road. #ChicagoRiots #chicagolooting — George (@gfmiv04) August 10, 2020 TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Pulls Gun on Truck Driver, Then Mob Hurls Bottles at Vehicles who […]
A security guard has reportedly been shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city. The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first. The guard, who has not yet been identified, is said to be in stable condition. Officers can’t get EMS in to get security guard that has been shot. BLM is blocking the road. #ChicagoRiots #chicagolooting — George (@gfmiv04) August 10, 2020 TRENDING: RUMORS SWIRLING: President Trump’s Recent Actions Indicate Something HUGE Is About to Drop I captured the shooting on […]
Shots were fired on Sunday night in Chicago as rioters looted a Louis Vuitton store on Walton and Michigan St. There was massive widespread looting throughout the city, as violent racial unrest continues to sweep the nation. It is unclear at this time who fired or if anyone was hit. The shots could be clearly heard in multiple livestreams. Chicago pic.twitter.com/Wzeg6wFVZM — boot licker viti (@selfdeclaredref) August 10, 2020 TRENDING: RUMORS SWIRLING: President Trump’s Recent Actions Indicate Something HUGE Is About to Drop Chicago mayhem gun shots ringing out downtown. #ChicagoRiots pic.twitter.com/JjaGtfkXWV — Simulation Warlord🇺🇸 (@zerosum24) August 10, 2020 Saw it […]
Black Lives Matter engaged in massive widespread looting in Chicago on Sunday evening, once again. A caravan of vehicles was carrying dozens of looters from store to store, according to reports. https://www.facebook.com/aaroncityboy.shelton/videos/3140093586038082/?extid=blPns0bVh3ZazGGt&d=n A Facebook user with the name Aero Finesses was enthusiastically livestreaming and encouraging the destruction while celebrating the amount of live viewers on his stream. TRENDING: RUMORS SWIRLING: President Trump’s Recent Actions Indicate Something HUGE Is About to Drop Along with the vandalism and looting, cars were also being lit on fire. Meanwhile, in Chicago looting has started and now a car is on fire. #Chiraq 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Oh4bLVoomI — […]
State Rep. La Shawn Ford calls for a ban on college history classes in Illinois and is concerned, “current school history teachings lead to white privilege and a racist society.” Representative Ford stated, “I’m calling on the State Board of Education to end the teaching of history and the local school districts to take immediate action by removing the current history books and curriculum practices that unfairly communicate our history until a suitable alternative is developed. We should instead devote greater attention toward civics and ensure students understand our democratic process and how they can be involved. Today, I don’t know […]
A teen activist in Chicago who rallied to defund police and remove police from schools was shot dead on Friday. Caleb Reed was found shot in the head.No suspect has been named in the shooting. Caleb lived and was shot in our ward this weekend. He was a light in our community that was extinguished too soon. We need to address the root causes of #GunViolence so that we stop losing our people. I ask that people help continue the work he was doing and pray for the family. https://t.co/WFWv9DXY2Z — Andre Vasquez, Political Account 🌹 (@Andrefor40th) August 3, 2020 TRENDING: […]
A Dunkin’ employee in Chicago has been arrested on several charges, including battery to a peace officer, after he allegedly spat into a coffee cup he then gave to an unsuspecting state trooper. The incident that cost Vincent J. Sessler, 25 his job at Dunkin’ took place on Thursday evening, when a Chickago trooper decided to treat himself to a large black cup of coffee. Also on rt.com ‘War zone’: 14 injured in crossfire as Chicago funeral attendees fire back at drive-by shooters (VIDEO) When the officer was handed out the cup, the drink was steaming hot, so he decided to […]
One can imagine the flurry of preparations Dr. Richard J. Patterson, his wife, and their staff of nurses undertook in late May of 1875 when they received news that they were about to admit their most important patient to date. The doctor had dedicated the last decade of his life to building a sanitarium that embodied his progressive mental health philosophy. Decades before Nellie Bly’s infamous 1887 exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House would shine a light on the horrors occurring at one New York insane asylum, Patterson was developing a treatment plan based on “rest, diet, baths, fresh air, occupation, diversion, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/19/1079981050_0:102:3072:1830_1200x675_80_0_0_235f8422121b1cd15725e1f80cc8e3d6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079983474-people-gather-for-rally-in-support-of-police-in-chicago—video/ Earlier this week, the Chicago mayor ordered the removal of a statue to Christopher Columbus following violent clashes between police and protesters, which left 49 law enforcement officers injured. Live from Chicago on Saturday as people have gathered in front of the pedestal where the Columbus monument used to stand to show their support for law enforcement and to protest calls for defunding the Chicago Police Department. Chicago is experiencing a growing number of gun-related incidents, with the city’s official statistics reporting over 400 murders so far this year, compared to 275 during the […]
On Wednesday, President Trump and Attorney General William Barr signalled that the FBI, ATF, DEA, US Marshals Service, and Homeland Security agents would be sent into Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the feds’ Operation LeGend, aimed at tackling rising crime across the country. “Today, I’m announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into American communities plagued by violent crime,” the president told the press, citing the upsurge in gun violence in New York City, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Chicago amid nationwide protests over the killing of black ex-convict George Floyd in police custody. Wheeler is ‘Responsible for the Mess’ […]
Shortly after Mayor Lori Lightfoot conceded to allow the federal government to deploy their agents to Chicago, the city has removed the bronze Columbus statue which has been vandalized amid massive Black Lives Matter rallies. The removal operation started at Chicago’s Grant Park in the middle of the night on Friday. Workers used two heavy-duty cranes to attach metal ropes to the Christopher Columbus monument, which was wrapped tight in white tarpaulin. The statue of the Italian explorer, erected in the 1930s with funding and blessing from Chicago’s Italian-American community, was then brought down in front of onlookers watching and cheering […]
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter militants showed up to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home Thursday night. Mayor Lightfoot didn’t push back hard enough against the feds rolling into Chicago to quell the violence so the BLM supporters are angry. Advertisement – story continues below BLM doesn’t care about all the black people being killed in Chicago by other blacks. It doesn’t fit their narrative. So now they’re protesting. TRENDING: UPDATE: Navy Is Investigating Uniformed Sailor Sarah Dudrey for Busting into Pro-Trump Rally, Harassing Protesters while Screaming “F**k Trump!” BLM supporters blasted rap music and chanted “F*ck Donald Trump!” WATCH […]
The nation’s most hideous mayor has announced that the statue of Christopher Columbus in Chicago’s Grant Park will be removed as soon as Thursday night. Many Italian-American leaders in the city are condemning Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision. Protesters demand removal of Christopher Columbus statues in Chicago. Watch at the 0:23 mark to hear the reaction when the man with a megaphone says it’s going to happen.pic.twitter.com/qSJ6bd2p1C — Jason Calvi (@JasonCalvi) July 24, 2020 TRENDING: UPDATE: Navy Is Investigating Uniformed Sailor Sarah Dudrey for Busting into Pro-Trump Rally, Harassing Protesters while Screaming “F**k Trump!” Rioters had attempted, and failed, to remove the […]
A day after President Donald Trump announced that over 200 federal officers will swarm into Chicago, representatives of the city’s Black Lives Matter chapter and affiliated movements have filed a lawsuit to prevent what they consider the repression to come. Black Lives Matter v. Wolf, filed on Thursday in Chicago federal court, seeks an injunction “permanently enjoining” Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security personnel from using violence against protesters, making arrests without probable cause, concealing the identities of themselves or their agencies while conducting arrests, and other tactics used in Portland. Their suit has urgency behind it, as weekend […]
President Donald Trump openly mused on Thursday night about sending tens of thousands of federal agents into major U.S. cities seeing unrest, claiming he could “solve these problems so fast” if those cities just “invited” the 75,000 “tough” feds he supposedly has ready to go. Trump, who recently announced a “surge” of hundreds of FBI and Justice Department personnel into Chicago to ostensibly combat violent crime, mused openly about his recent “law and order” push with Fox News host and close confidant Sean Hannity. The president first brought up Portland, which is currently the scene of a federal crackdown on anti-racism […]
In the week leading up to his announcement of a “surge” of hundreds of FBI, Justice Department, and Homeland Security personnel to Chicago, Donald Trump wanted a bigger, more public, more violent fight on the streets of the Windy City. According to three people familiar with the president’s private remarks, Trump previously envisioned an ostentatious, camera-ready show of force. He wanted to go after what he saw as violent gang leaders, flush them out of hiding in ways that would have them “shaking in their boots” like they never had before, and have alleged perpetrators marched out in front of the […]
Twenty-three days after 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro of Kansas City was killed by a stray bullet while asleep in his bed, his mother was invited to address a White House event announcing an anti-crime initiative named after him. Also invited to speak was the husband of 55-year-old Jacqueline Vigil of Albuquerque, who was shot to death in her driveway while on the way to the gym. President Donald Trump offered words of sympathy to both LeGend’s mother, Charron Powell, and Vigil’s husband, Sam. Attorney General William Barr promised that Operation Legend would save others from falling victim to violence by providing teams […]
Earlier today President Donald Trump announced he was immediately sending federal agents to Chicago to help drive down violent crime. President Trump: The DOJ will “immediately surge federal law enforcement to the city of Chicago. The FBI, ATF, DEA, US Marshals Service and Homeland Security will together be sending hundreds of skilled law enforcement officers to Chicago to help drive down violent crime.” TRUMP: DOJ will “immediately surge federal law enforcement to the city of Chicago. The FBI, ATF, DEA, US Marshals Service & Homeland Security will together be sending hundreds of skilled law enforcement officers to Chicago.” pic.twitter.com/DtlCB2Dd2E — Breaking911 […]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has urged Chicagoans to literally call the police over any “unconstitutional” actions by federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to help with a crackdown on skyrocketing violent crime. Residents should call the police or social services if they “see something that doesn’t look right,” Lightfoot said at a press conference on Wednesday. “If we see any steps out of line,” she said, “we are not going to hesitate to take the president to court and stop any unconstitutional actions.” The Democrat mayor singled out the Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for scrutiny. Chicago Mayor […]
150 Federal Agents Set To Deploy In Chicago July 22, 2020 150 Federal Agents Set To Deploy In Chicago2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/federal-agents-disperse-black-lives-matter-protesters-in-portland-ore.-on-monday.-by-noah-berger-for-associated-press-e1595431903560.jpg200px200px Above photo: Federal agents disperse Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Ore., on Monday. By Noah Berger for Associated Press. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is crafting plans to deploy about 150 federal agents to Chicago this week, the Chicago Tribune has learned, a move that would come amid growing controversy nationally about federal force being used in American cities. The Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, agents are set to assist other federal law enforcement and Chicago police in crime-fighting efforts, according […]
The surge has come home. Using language borrowed from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Trump on Wednesday unveiled an open-ended deployment of Justice Department, FBI, and Homeland Security officers to Chicago—a place whites have often described in euphemistic and racist terms—and, to a lesser extent, Albuquerque. Trump, joined by Attorney General Bill Barr, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and FBI Director Chris Wray, previewed a much-heralded “surge of federal law enforcement into communities plagued by violent crime.” The way Trump and his officials described the coming operation built on the “American carnage” theme of Trump’s inaugural address, […]
President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of ‘hundreds’ of federal law enforcement officers to Chicago as part of Operation Legend, a federal crackdown on violent crime in the US. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, US Marshals and other federal agencies will be sending officers to Chicago, the president announced, noting that more than 400 people have been killed in the city just this year, and over a thousand injured in shootings. “We will not stand by and watch it happen,” Trump said. Americans of all races and in all postal codes deserve to live in safety and “no mother […]
At least 14 people were shot at a funeral on Chicago’s south side on Tuesday.The shooting came from a vehicle that drove by the funeral.Attendees at the funeral returned fire. Chicago is a hell hole. Shooting up people attending a funeral. https://t.co/lrKvjbwvBf — Sami (@Susan8360) July 22, 2020 https://studio.youtube.com/video/gcKDdXrYHZU/edit/basic Source link
At least 11 people have been injured in a shooting at a funeral home in Chicago, Illinois, according to local media reports. The circumstances of the incident are unclear. The shooting unfolded on Tuesday evening in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham community on the South Side, where police say multiple people were shot outside a funeral home, according to a local CBS affiliate. Multiple people shot at 79th/CarpenterSpoke with people here who said they were inside a funeral home when the shots started. Spoke to a woman who had blood on her jeans. She didnt know whose blood it was. I’m told The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007221079949194-mass-shooting-reported-at-chicago-funeral-home/ Unofficial reports from the scene say up to 16 people were shot in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood. Source link
THIS VIDEO IS INSANE— These are NOT protesters. These are THUGS! Black Lives Matter and Antifa terrorists swarmed the Columbus statue in Chicago tonight.They vandalized the statue and attempted to pull it down with ropes. They were ready to rip it down. Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters are now pulling down the Columbus statue in Chicago. They’ve got the ropes on. pic.twitter.com/H0UJM4OyEd — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 18, 2020 TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR All-Star Race Qualifier, Cheered After Crash (VIDEO) The Chicago Police then moved in and took control of the area.That’s when the Antifa […]
Black Lives Matter and Antifa terrorists are pulling down the Columbus statue in Chicago tonight. The protest mob have ropes around the the statue. They’re ready to rip it down. Advertisement – story continues below Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters are now pulling down the Columbus statue in Chicago. They’ve got the ropes on. pic.twitter.com/H0UJM4OyEd — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 18, 2020 TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR All-Star Race Qualifier, Cheered After Crash (VIDEO) Black Lives Matter rioters in Chicago throw projectiles and fireworks at police officers guarding the Christopher Columbus statue. pic.twitter.com/YI7ZO2T55s — Ian Miles […]
Murders in Chicago were up nearly 80% in Chicago last month.In June 424 people were shot and 89 were murdered in Chicago. On Thursday White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany referred to Lori Lightfoot as a “derelict mayor” during her press briefing. In response Lori Lightfoot threatened the White House Press Secretary. Kayleigh shot back at the failed mayor– TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR All-Star Race Qualifier, Cheered After Crash (VIDEO) “While you‘re focused on words, America is outraged by the violence perpetuated in your city. One person is taking action to stop violence in our streets: President […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/12/1079920853_121:0:1853:974_1200x675_80_0_0_3e4c6a851e0ca1629299ac572774953f.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007181079920817-police-protesters-clash-in-chicago-over-crowd-attempting-to-topple-columbus-statue/ Earlier in the month, Christopher Columbus’ statue in Baltimore was removed from its pedestal with ropes and thrown into the water, as acts of vandalism and violence towards historical monuments spanned the United States amid massive anti-racism movement. Police clashed with crowds of protesters attempting to topple the statue of Christopher Columbus in Chicago’s Grant Park. At least four officers were injured in the incident, local media reported. Social media users also say that “at least a dozen arrests” took place during the incident. The rioters were reportedly heard chanting “Columbus was a murderer! […]
A large group of protesters have besieged a Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago, forcing a convoy of several dozen policemen assigned to guard the monument into retreat after being showered with projectiles and fireworks. Around several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters descended on Chicago’s Grant Park on Friday, surrounding a towering Columbus statue in a bid to tear it down. The group – which quickly grew in size, vastly outnumbering the officers who stood guard at the base of the statue – threw bottles, fireworks and other projectiles at law enforcement, eventually forcing police to flee. Videos filmed at the scene […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken a dig at the White House press secretary after being labeled “derelict” in governing the city, but critics were quick to point out her failure to address a rash of crime and violence there. Also on rt.com Labelling all white women Karens is racist and typical of the sneering woke warriors who think they’re better than you “Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth,” Lightfoot tweeted on Thursday night, meant as a rejoinder to White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany, who during a press briefing hours earlier slammed the mayor as negligent and unresponsive to the city’s problems […]
Chicago based firm Ceres wants to build a “seed to sale” transaction network for cannabis on the blockchain using its dollar-backed stablecoin – if the digital security is approved for sale by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Launched in 2017 by West Point graduates and former U.S. soldiers Greg Anderson and Charlie Uchill, Ceres recently filed paperwork with the SEC to conduct a Reg. A sale, seeking permission to sell both a token and a coin. The token would represent an equity holding in the company, but the firm plans to use the coins as an actual transaction tool […]
The Chicago Blackhawks have announced they will not change the team’s name as it honors a historic figure – the team is named after a famous Sauk leader. The NHL team issued a statement stressing that their name and logo will remain unchanged, despite mounting pressure from anti-racism activists who have urged the team to reconsider its use of Native American imagery. READ MORE: Time to kill off the Redskins? Teams changing their names to cave in to mobs who don’t watch sports will backfire “The Chicago Blackhawks name and logo symbolizes an important and historic person, Black Hawk of Illinois’ Sac […]
Democrats never take responsibility for their failures. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday blamed the Coronavirus for her city’s rising murder rate. Last week it was reported 65 people were shot across Chicago as Mayor Lightfoot pushed for police reform and lectured the city on Coronavirus safety measures. Four children were among the 65 people shot. TRENDING: “F**k You Cracker A$$!” – Peaceful Protest: BLM Thug Harasses, Threatens White School Kids on Their Trip to DC (VIDEO) A total of 18 people died, including 2 children and a baby. There was even more violence over 4th of July weekend, but Mayor […]
Chicago Protest: No To The Continuation Of The Theft Of Palestinian Land By the US Palestinian Community Network. July 6, 2020 Chicago Protest: No To The Continuation Of The Theft Of Palestinian Land2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palestinian-rights-protest-chicao-july-2020-e1594068424627.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinian rights protest, Chicago, IL, July 2020. From the US Palestinian Community Network. Over 300 cars and 700 Palestinians, Arabs, and supporters gathered today in the heart of our community in the southwest suburbs of Chicago to say #NoToAnnexation, no to colonization, no to the occupation, and no to the continuation of the theft of Palestinian land at the hands of Israel. Organized by Coalition for Justice in Palestine – […]
“I’m in Eastern Ontario. Thousand Islands. Great Lakes. Doing what everyone else is doing in North America—trying to stay inside as much as possible,” Dan Aykroyd said on a phone call in April. Technically, he was outside at that moment. Aykroyd was walking around his family’s farm in Canada, which has the luxury of space and the drawbacks of weak cell service and several unfortunate incidents involving Aykroyd’s mouth and some wayward gnats. This summer marks the 40th anniversary of one of Aykroyd’s most famous and famously chaotic movies, The Blues Brothers. An outgrowth of the blues band Aykroyd and his […]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot 65 people were shot across Chicago this weekend as Mayor Lightfoot pushed for police reform and lectured the city on Coronavirus safety measures. Four children were among the 65 people shot. A total of 18 people died, including 2 children and a baby. Fox 6 reported: TRENDING: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Threatens to Take Action Against Couple Who Protected Home Against Protest Mob on Private Street The weekend gun violence brought Chicago past 300 homicides so far this year, the benchmark that Supt. David Brown challenged the police department to stay under in April. Last year, the city […]
The scenes of thousands of people marching in Chicago in a joint Pride and Black Lives Matter parade have raised some questions about double standards in reporting and enforcing social distancing rules amid Covid-19 pandemic. Even though officially Chicago’s annual Pride Parade has been canceled due to Covid-19 concerns, massive crowds nevertheless gathered on Sunday in the Lakeview neighborhood and marched Uptown to “reclaim Pride.” Aerial footage of the packed event has drawn much criticism from those opposing the harsh lockdown measures, and the apparent double standards in enforcing them. Local authorities and mainstream media were blasted for closing their eyes […]
Chicago School Board Votes To Keep Police Contract — For Now By Nader Issa, Chicago Sun Times. June 26, 2020 Chicago School Board Votes To Keep Police Contract — For Now2020-06-262020-06-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/cps.png200px200px Above photo: Chicago Teachers Union members and hundreds of supporters march through the Loop to call for the Chicago Board of Education to vote to end a $33 million contract between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Police Department, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times. Protesters demanded CPS oust cops from schools at demonstrations Wednesday downtown and outside the home of Board President Miguel del Valle. Chicago’s school board has […]
Three-year-old Mekhi James had just gotten his first barbershop haircut when he became one of 104 people shot in Chicago on Father’s Day weekend. “It hurts! It hurts!” Mekhi cried out after a bullet struck him in the back. The gunfire had come from another car as the boy’s stepfather was driving him home on Saturday. The stepfather sped instead to Western Suburban Medical Center. Mekhi proved to be beyond saving and became one of 14 gunshot victims in the city who died, four of them juveniles. Source link
Chicago police car burning This didn’t make any headlines.During the rioting and looting in Chicago last weekend one man was murdered. The ‘peaceful’ protesters weren’t so peaceful. Several other people were shot in the same are near Water Tower Place around the same time that same night. CWBChicago reported: TRENDING: UPDATE — FULL BODYCAM VIDEO Reveals Atlanta Police Being Patient, Respectful with Rayshard Brooks (VIDEO) Newly revealed in police crime data is a fatal shooting in the 800 block of North Michigan on Saturday, May 30. Asked about the murder, a Chicago Police Department spokesperson this week said a 23-year-old man […]
Antifa and BLM this week set up a new “autonomous zone” at Hyde Park inside and around the University of Chicago Police Department. Protesters set up tents outside and inside the police department. The UCPD chief agreed to meet with the malcontents protesting on Monday so they are staying put until then. Since there are no available restrooms nearby, the protesters are urinating in diapers. TRENDING: Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Deadly Police Shooting of Black Man Resisting Arrest at Wendy’s Drive-Thru GOOD MORNING: HYDE PARK PROTESTS DAY 2 https://t.co/NCvQKQrOW8 — Grace Del Vecchio (@delvecchiograce) June 13, 2020 Protesters inside are […]
As protests across Chicago devolved into chaos last week and residents started to loot nearby stores, police officers were making popcorn and drinking coffee while “lounging” inside Congressman Bobby Rush’s office, officials said in a stunning news conference on Thursday. Speaking alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Rush said at least 13 Chicago Police officers were loitering inside his South Side campaign office in the early hours of June 1 and were “relaxing” while nearby stores were being looted and burned, and their fellow officers were clashing with demonstrators. “They even had the unmitigated gall to make coffee for themselves and to pop […]
After two weeks pillaging shops under the cover of George Floyd protests, over-confident looters are boasting about their hauls on Facebook. The police and FBI claim to be hot on their trail – but currently have their hands full. As if the chaotic scenes of lawlessness were not enough for Chicago, a local TV network was shocked to discover looters brazenly showing off their hauls on social media. CBS affiliate WBBM reported on the phenomenon on Monday, airing excerpts of multiple clips posted by one woman, who apparently took part in a heist and documented it all in a Facebook Live. […]
Chicago Freedom School Offered Food, Water And Rest To Weary Protesters Trapped Downtown By Justin Laurence, Chicago Book Club. June 9, 2020 Chicago Freedom School Offered Food, Water And Rest To Weary Protesters Trapped Downtown2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/freedomschool-e1591715997785.jpg200px200px Above photo: The City Cited Them For It. The school, which ordered pizzas and gave out granola bars, was cited for “preparing and serving large quantities of food without the proper retail food establishment license.” Last weekend, as thousands of protesters gathered Downtown, the Chicago Freedom School sprung into action, working to feed and transport those stuck in the Loop — but a surprise inspection by […]
After the recent riots which saw multiple large stores looted, some retailers are having second thoughts about remaining in certain cities. In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been talking to these retailers and asking them not to leave the city. Not only do these companies make it possible for residents to get the things they need, they pay tons of taxes which the city relies on. WBBM News reports: TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis City Council President Says Calling the Police on Burglars “Comes from a Place of Privilege” (VIDEO) Mayor Lightfoot Pleads With Walmart, Other Retailers To Not Abandon Chicago Mayor Lightfoot […]
Last week far left Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a press conference said she has two words for President Trump: “F— you.” “I will encode what I really want to say to Donald Trump,” Lightfoot said. “It’s two words: It begins with F and it ends with U.” WATCH: For those looking for the clip of @chicagosmayor Lori Lightfoot telling President @realDonaldTrump “f— you,” here ya go. pic.twitter.com/bbGCxXZ09U — Kelly Bauer (@BauerJournalism) May 29, 2020 TRENDING: Texas Man Threatens Far Left Protesters with Chainsaw – Anti-Police Protesters Call the Cops and Have Him Arrested –VIDEO Fast forward one week…Mayor Lori Lightfoot […]
Chicago: Police Investigation Into Officer Covering Up Name Tag, Badge Number By Jonathan Ballew, The Chicago Reporter. June 6, 2020 Chicago: Police Investigation Into Officer Covering Up Name Tag, Badge Number2020-06-062020-06-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/getty-e1591449498209.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York City police are doing it too. Here NYPD are wearing COVID mourning bands on their badges patrol a protest in Brooklyn. Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Violent clashes between police and protesters have led to a large number of allegations of police misconduct. UPDATE 6/5/20: Mayor Lori Lightfoot says police officers who cover or remove name tag, badge number, should be fired. After one of the most volatile mass protests in […]
As more and more people take matters into their own hands to deal with the looters and rioters, even the Latin gangs in Chicago are coming off looking like the good guys, as they are fighting off the looters. It appears as though several shootings took place, as you can hear shots ringing out as people start scattering. Here is one of the videos from one of the encounters: In another video, we see a few more shootouts, as well as the gangs ramming their big trucks into the looters’ cars. One guy hollers out “F** the looters, n****, we protect […]
A pair of cops were quickly overrun and wrestled to the ground by angry protesters during massive anti-police-brutality rallies in Chicago, with one female officer being violently dragged for several feet. A widely shared video, captured in the middle of heavy demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, shows the infuriated crowd swarm and hit two police officers as they apparently tried to detain a protester. A fracas suddenly broke out, with the cops being aggressively pushed to the ground by the demonstrators. The male officer managed to get to his feet while protecting himself against several protesters.He then tried to […]
This woman seems sane. Advertisement – story continues below Far left Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday during a press conference said she has two words for President Trump: “F— you.” “I will encode what I really want to say to Donald Trump,” Lightfoot said. “It’s two words: It begins with F and it ends with U.” WATCH: TRENDING: BREAKING: DNI Ratcliffe Releases Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts to Senators Grassley, Johnson… UPDATE: Downloaded Transcripts Included For those looking for the clip of @chicagosmayor Lori Lightfoot telling President @realDonaldTrump “f— you,” here ya go. pic.twitter.com/bbGCxXZ09U — Kelly Bauer (@BauerJournalism) May 29, 2020 Advertisement – […]
Protests against police violence have spread across the country in response to the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody May 25. Video and photos show hundreds of people, many in medical masks, gathering in downtown Los Angeles, where demonstrators blocked a freeway and smashed the windows of a police car, and in Memphis, where police had erected barricades. Protesters rallied in Houston for a prayer vigil and in Chicago Tuesday night. Chance the Rapper organized the Chicago protest and spoke to those assembled: “This organized protest isn’t a direct diss to CPD. It’s not a diss to […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lashed out at President Trump on Friday as “foolish” after he deemed all churches and synagogues and places of worship as “essential.” Lightfoot says President Trump has no power to override her local lockdown on churches and businesses. Chicago police fined three churches last weekend for holding worship services. South Side Churches cheered President Trump’s announcement on Friday. TRENDING: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Deep State FBI Asked George Papadopoulos’s Wife, Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, to Spy On Her Husband! On Sunday the Chicago mayor defied President Trump and sent an armed police squad to a Black Baptist Church on the […]
Pastor Cristian Ionescu, of Elim Romanian Pentecostal. A church the Albany Park area of Chicago is blatantly disobeying the lock down orders imposed by Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot, and opened its doors for not just one, but two services this past Sunday. Elim Romanian Pentecostal’s head Pastor Christian Ionescu vows to continue with services, as posted to the church’s facebook page: Block Club Chicago reports: A Romanian church on the North Side hosted two Sunday services, prompting Ald. Rossana Rodriguez (33rd) to plead with other religious leaders in the community not to defy the state’s stay at home order. Elim […]