A Black Lives Matter leader in Chicago has referred to looting as “reparations” and urged the looters to continue because the businesses “have insurance.” Ariel Atkins, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Chicago, made the ridiculous comments on camera. BLM Chicago Leader on the looting of stores: “That is reparations…. […]
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Protests against police brutality and racism again spanned the United States after George Floyd, a black Minneapolis resident, was killed by white police while in custody. Some demonstrations turned violent and saw looting, monument toppling and vandalism. An organizer with the Chicago Black Lives Matter movement, Ariel Atkins, claimed that […]
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 […]
Earlier on Monday, Chicago police arrested at least 100 people in the wake of widespread overnight looting and rioting in the central US city, where over a dozen police officers were injured during clashes. Riots erupted in the early hours of Monday following a police shooting a day earlier that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Health Editor’s Note: The important issue of when or if schools will open for the fall session of the 2020 school year is open for discussion in many states. The school year ended abruptly in the spring of 2020. Children lost several weeks of educational opportunities. Plans must be made […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]