LOOTING AND POLICE CLASHES HIT CHICAGO
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LOOTING AND POLICE CLASHES HIT CHICAGO
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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.
Click the link below to watch the full video coverage of the looting:
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.”
Police officers inspect a damaged Best Buy store in Chicago after parts of the city suffered widespread looting and vandalism. (Getty Images)
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. . . .
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.
A broken storefront window is seen in Chicago early Monday. (Getty Images) . . .
Social media users posted videos of hundreds of people looting stores such as Nordstrom, Walgreens, Macy’s, Coach, Gucci and Louis Vuitton. Some even exchanged gunfire with police at one point, although no officers were injured in that incident.
The unrest began Sunday afternoon after police responded to a report of a man with a gun in the city’s Englewood neighborhood. While being pursued by police, the man, who was on foot, “turned and fired shots” at officers before being struck himself and taken to a local hospital, Deputy Chief Delonda Tally told Fox 32 Chicago.
A crowd that had gathered at the scene then faced off against police and started hurling objects at officers after getting agitated over a false rumor that the suspect – who is 20-years-old – was a child, investigators add. Brown says the suspect previously has been arrested four times for charges including burglary, child endangerment and domestic battery.
People are seen near a looted Best Buy store in Chicago. (Getty Images)
“We do have an officer that was maced by someone in the crowd,” Tally told Fox 32 Chicago. “We do have an officer that sustained a shoulder injury from the incident with the crowd. One of our vehicles, the windows were shattered by a brick.” . . .
Offender’s firearm recovered by police after firing at Officers. Officers returned fire striking the offender. Offender transported to U of C Hospital. pic.twitter.com/UQPmfP3a35
— Tom Ahern (@TAhern_) August 9, 2020
As of Monday morning, police say the suspect is expected to survive, while Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has launched an investigation into the shooting. Three officers involved in the shooting also were taken to a local hospital for observation, Fox 32 reported.
Following that initial unrest, the looting erupted in the Magnificent Mile and other parts of Chicago’s downtown. . . .
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Officials told the newspaper that several arrests were made and one gun was seized in connection with the looting. A rock also reportedly was thrown at a police car while anti-cop graffiti was spotted in two locations.
The looting started around midnight, and by around 3 a.m. police appeared to be getting it under control, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Illinois State Police told WMAQ they were called in to help block off expressway ramps going in and out of the Loop area in order to prevent looters from fleeing the scene. . . .
The unrest capped off another violent weekend in Chicago that included three deaths. At least 35 people were shot.
From Jan. 1 through the end of July, 440 homicides took place in Chicago and 2,240 people were shot, including many of those who were killed, according to statistics released Saturday by the police department.
Welcome to Chicago. It’s complete anarchy. https://t.co/nuT59QmRHg
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 10, 2020
This compares to 290 homicides and 1,480 shootings, including people who were killed, in the first seven months of last year.
President Trump recently announced he would send federal agents to Chicago to help local authorities fight crime as part of an operation that started last year.
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Father God,
I pray for the healing of Chicago. Please heal that city in the name of Jesus. Come in Your power and glory and reveal the peace and love of Jesus Christ to the people who live there.
I ask that You bring to fruition the words You spoke over Chicago through Kim Clement.
May this city be restored and healed by Your intervention. Please send and strengthen Your angels to do battle with the demonic forces trying to steal, kill, and destroy.
We long to see the banner of Jesus’ victory unfurled over the center of that city. We claim Chicago and the state of Illinois for Christ’s kingdom and declare the powerful blood of Jesus covers this region by the authority of Christ’s holy name that is above every other name. Amen.
In Jesus Name, I pray for the crime we are seeing in Chicago. Let the tenderness of God flow through the people and heal their wounded hearts. Father teach them to love even when things go wrong. Teach them to drop angry feelings and talk, and take up words of grace instead. In the days ahead, cause them to increase and excel and overflow with Your love. Cause us to be what the world needs most of all… Amen.
The reason the President hasn’t sent troops to Chicago is because the Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot, has instructed the President to “stay out!!” He has asked her for permission to send in the National Guard. Her answer was the same each time. No. So he’s doing what she asked him to do ~ he’s staying out. She’s the one who’s responsible for the continuing disregard for the law; Portland, Minneapolis, and San Francisco all have the same root cause in their respective states. The Democrat mayors and governors don’t want the president’s help. He might get credit for it.
They are getting Pres. Trump even more votes! And footage for campaign ads. They overplayed their hand with the Defund the Police campaign. “Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake”.
The President needs to place Federal troops on certain areas where the anarchy is happening. Why is that not being done??? The riots and looting have gotten out of control and something needs to be done to restore law and order!